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- Komatiite /koʊˈmɑːtiˌaɪt/ is a type of ultramafic mantle-derived volcanic rock defined as having crystallised from a lava of at least 18 wt% magnesium...
- entrail-type pahoehoe lavas on land. Ultramafic magmas, such as picritic basalt, komatiite, and highly magnesian magmas that form boninite, take the composition...
- iron-nickel-copper-platinum-group element ore deposit in which the physical processes of komatiite volcanology serve to deposit, concentrate and enrich a Fe-Ni-Cu-(PGE)...
- continental shields do not contain enough komatiite to match the expected depletion. Either much of the komatiite never reached the surface, or other processes...
- The Winnipegosis komatiite belt is a 150 km (93 mi) long and 30 km (19 mi) wide greenstone belt located in the Lake Winnipegosis area of central Manitoba...
- tectonics, and allowing the production of uncommon igneous rocks such as komatiites that are rarely formed today. The mean heat loss from Earth is 87 mW/m2...
- Widgiemooltha Komatiite is a formation of komatiite in the Yilgarn Craton of Western Australia. The stratigraphy of the Widgiemooltha Komatiite is well known...
- + K2O (up to 3% by weight). They include picrite, komatiite and meimechite. Picrites and komatiites are somewhat similar chemically (defined as >18% MgO)...
- Ultramafic rock is very low in silica, with more than 90% of mafic minerals (komatiite, dunite). This classification is summarized in the following table: The...
- similar to entrail-type pahoehoe lavas on land. Ultramafic lavas, such as komatiite and highly magnesian magmas that form boninite, take the composition and...