Nicholas Arndt was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Canada in 1975. Following academic positions in the United States, Canada and Germany and at the Université de Rennes, France, he moved in 1999 to the Université de Grenoble where he is Professor of Petrology-Geochemistry. Professor Arndt's research interests include petrology and geochemistry of mafic and ultramafic rocks, magmatic ore deposits, and the early-Earth environment. He is Director of the European Science Foundation 'Archean Environment: the Habitat of Early Life' program and a founding editor of eEarth, an online journal of the European Geosciences Union.
Foreword
Part I. Background Information - Description of the Field Characteristics, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Komatiites: 1. A brief history of komatiite studies and a discussion of komatiite nomenclature
2. Brief descriptions of six classic komatiite occurrences
3. Field characteristics, textures and structures
4. Mineralogy
5. Geochemistry
6. Isotopic compositions of komatiites
7. Experimental petrology
8. Physical properties of komatiites
Part II. Interpretation - The Manner of Emplacement, the Origin, and the Tectonic Setting of Komatiites: 9. Physical volcanology
10. Komatiite-associated Ni-Cu-PGE deposits
11. The hydrous komatiite hypothesis
12. Compositions and eruption temperatures of komatiitic liquids
13. Petrogenesis of komatiite
14. Geodynamic setting
References
Index.
