Komatiites in the plume debate

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 249-256

  Parman, Stephen W ^a   Grove, Timothy L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archean; Boninites; Earth evolution; Komatiites; Magmas; Secular evolution; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BONINITES; EARTH EVOLUTIONS; KOMATIITES; MAGMAS; SECULAR EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ARCHEAN; BONINITE; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; KOMATIITE; MAGMA; PARADIGM SHIFT; PLUME; UPWELLING;

EID: 84874997229     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.249     Document Type: Article

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