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Komatiite.

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It is easy to explain roughly what a komatiite is but difficult to give a rigorous definition. The simple definition is that komatiite is an ultramafic volcanic rock (Arndt and Nisbet 1982). Alimit of 18% MgO separates komatiites from less magnesian volcanic rocks such as picrites,ankaramites or magnesian basalts. The term komatiitic basalt is applied to volcanic rocks containing less than 18% MgO that can be linked, using petrological, textural or geochemicalarguments, to komatiites.

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hal-00101712 , version 1 (28-09-2006)

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Nicholas Arndt, C. M. Lesher. Komatiite.. Encyclopedia of Geology., Elsevier, pp.260-268, 2004. ⟨hal-00101712⟩
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