A primitive mantle source for the Neoarchean mafic rocks from the Tanzania Craton

A primitive mantle source for the Neoarchean mafic rocks from the Tanzania Craton

Mafic rocks comprising tholeiitic pillow basalt, dolerite and minor gabbro form the basal stratigraphic unit in the ca. 2.8 to 2.6 Ga Geita Greenstone Belt situated in the NW Tanzania Craton. They outcrop mainly along the southern margin of the belt, and are at least 50 million years older than the...

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Main Authors: Y.A. Cook, I.V. Sanislav, J. Hammerli, T.G. Blenkinsop, P.H.G.M. Dirks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Mafic rocks
Archean
Tanzania Craton
Primitive mantle
MORB
Oceanic plateau
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987115001486

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