Komatiite lava


Photograph of a complete section of a komatiite lava flow that solidified on an ocean floor 2.82 billion years ago. Komatiites can provide extremely valuable evidence of the distant geological past of our planet. Photo Credit - Igor Puchtel, UMD

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