The mineral system approach applied to magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulphide deposits

SJ Barnes, AR Cruden, N Arndt, BM Saumur - Ore geology reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Most magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulphide deposits occur within long-lived magma
pathways fed by high degree partial melts of the mantle. Holistic mineral-system analysis for …

Precambrian greenstone sequences represent different ophiolite types

H Furnes, Y Dilek, M De Wit - Gondwana research, 2015 - Elsevier
We present here a global geochemical dataset from one hundred-and-five greenstone
sequences, ranging in age from the Eoarchean through the Archean and Proterozoic Eons …

Thermal history of the Earth and its petrological expression

C Herzberg, K Condie, J Korenaga - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Non-arc basalts of Archean and Proterozoic age have model primary magmas that exhibit
mantle potential temperatures TP that increase from 1350° C at the present to a maximum …

The geologic time scale

FM Gradstein, JG Ogg, MD Schmitz, GM Ogg - Boston, USA, 2012 - books.google.com
Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

Two magma series and associated ore deposit types in the Permian Emeishan large igneous province, SW China

MF Zhou, NT Arndt, J Malpas, CY Wang, AK Kennedy - Lithos, 2008 - Elsevier
The Late Middle Permian (∼ 260 Ma) Emeishan large igneous province in SW China
contains two magmatic series, one comprising high-Ti basalts and Fe-rich gabbroic and …

Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Disseminated and net-textured ores

SJ Barnes, JE Mungall, M Le Vaillant… - American …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A large proportion of ores in magmatic sulfide deposits consist of mixtures of cumulus
silicate minerals, sulfide liquid, and silicate melt, with characteristic textural relationships that …

Incompatible element ratios in oceanic basalts and komatiites: tracking deep mantle sources and continental growth rates with time

KC Condie - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Ratios of elements with similar incompatibilities in the mantle can be used to characterize
magma sources through time. Nb/Y and Zr/Y distributions in oceanic basalts support the …

Secular mantle oxidation across the Archean-Proterozoic boundary: Evidence from V partitioning in komatiites and picrites

RW Nicklas, IS Puchtel, RD Ash, PM Piccoli… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
The oxygen fugacities of nine mantle-derived komatiitic and picritic systems ranging in age
from 3.55 Ga to modern day were determined using the redox-sensitive partitioning of V …

Petrogenesis and geochemistry of Archean komatiites

PA Sossi, SM Eggins, RW Nesbitt, O Nebel… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Komatiites are products of decompression melting of mantle so hot that they are almost
exclusively restricted to the Archean. The high degree of partial melting (F) and pressure (P) …

Central Lapland greenstone belt

E Hanski, H Huhma - Developments in Precambrian geology, 2005 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the Paleoproterozoic rocks, particularly the
Central Lapland greenstone belt, which runs as an almost uninterrupted zone from northern …