Melting in an Archaean mantle plume: Heads it’s basalts, tails it’s komatiites

Campbell, I. H.; Griffiths, R. W.; Hill, R. I.

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Melting in an Archaean mantle plume: Heads it’s basalts, tails it’s komatiites

Campbell, I. H., Griffiths, R. W., Hill, R. I.·1989·Nature

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Equivalent calculations for komatiitic basalts suggest liquidus temperatures of ~1650-1800 °C, consistent with independent experimental and field evidence that such high-MgO lavas form above mantle plumes.
“Equivalent calculations for komatiitic basalts suggest liquidus temperatures of ~1650-1800 °C, consistent with independent experimental and field evidence that such high-MgO lavas form above mantle plumes”
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Authors: Campbell, I. H., Griffiths, R. W., & Hill, R. I.
Affiliations: Australian National University (AU)
ORCID: Campbell, I. H.
Griffiths, R. W.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1989-06
Volume: 339
Issue: 6227
Pages: 697-699
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/339697a0
OpenAlex: W2030142526
Cited by: 470
References: 27
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 22
FWCI: 10.27
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
Keywords: komatiite, basalt, mantle melting, greenstone belts, mantle thermal structure, mantle composition

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