Characteristics and geodynamic setting of the 2.7 Ga Yilgarn heterogeneous plume and its interaction with continental lithosphere: Evidence from komatiitic basalt and basalt geochemistry of the Eastern Goldfields Superterrane

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 737-763

  Said, N ^a,c   Kerrich, R ^b   Cassidy, K ^c   Champion, D C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Bare Rock Geological Services Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; asthenosphere; crustal recycling; Eastern Goldfields Superterrane; lithosphere; mantle plume; mantle sources; ultramafic mafic magmatism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; PERIDOTITE; TERRANE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84864593912     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2012.695294     Document Type: Article

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