Ephemeral carbonate melts in the upper mantle: Carbonate-silicate immiscibility in microveins and inclusions within spinel peridotite xenoliths, La Gomera, Canary Islands

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 891-904

  Frezzotti, Maria Luce ^a   Touret, Jacques L R ^a   Neumann, Else Ragnhild ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Carbonate rich melt; Mafic glass; Mantle xenoliths; Melt and fluid inclusions

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CALCITE; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBONATION; DROPS; GLASS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIA; MANGANESE OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICA; SILICATES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CANARY ISLANDS; COMPOSITE CARBONATES; FLUID INCLUSION; LOW ALKALI CONTENTS; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; SILICATE FRACTIONS; ULTRAMAFIC XENOLITHS;

LANTHANUM;

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; IMMISCIBILITY; PERIDOTITE; SPINEL; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

CANARY ISLANDS; GOMERA; SPAIN;

EID: 0036741752     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2002/0014-0891     Document Type: Article

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