Geochemical Features of Some Archaean and Post-Archaean High-Magnesian-Low-Alkali Liquids

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Main Authors: Nesbitt, R.W., Sun, S.-S., Nisbet, E.G., O'Hara, M.J., Smith, J.V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Cape Smith; Baffin
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/361797/

High-magnesian-low-alkali liquids are found as mafic lavas ranging in age from Archaean to Cainozoic. The most magnesian lavas are represented by Archaean spinifex textured peridotitic komatiites, and in this study these liquids are used as a comparative base for younger, less magnesian liquids. The...