Komatiite /
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Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (488 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826239 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Part I. Background Information - Description of the Field Characteristics, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Komatiites
- 1. A brief history of komatiite studies and a discussion of komatiite nomenclature
- 2. Brief descriptions of six classic komatiite occurrences
- 3. Field characteristics, textures and structures
- 4. Mineralogy
- 5. Geochemistry
- 6. Isotopic compositions of komatiites
- 7. Experimental petrology
- 8. Physical properties of komatiites
- Part II. Interpretation - The Manner of Emplacement, the Origin, and the Tectonic Setting of Komatiites
- 9. Physical volcanology
- 10. Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE deposits
- 11. The hydrous komatiite hypothesis
- 12. Compositions and eruption temperatures of komatiitic liquids
- 13. Petrogenesis of komatiite
- 14. Geodynamic setting
- References
- Index