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Komatii Formation

Komatii Formation
Komatii Formation

The Komati Formation, also named as Komatii Formation, is a 3.475 billion year old Paleoarchean rock formation, named after the nearby Komati River in South Africa. It is the type locality for komatiite, a high temperature, magnesium-rich volcanic rock occurring in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, Mpumalanga.

Also on this shelf

Forbach Granite.

Barnett Shale.

See also

Uncatalogued shelf

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