Melting of carbonated pelites at 2.5-5.0 GPa, silicate-carbonatite liquid immiscibility, and potassium-carbon metasomatism of the mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-31

  Thomsen, Tonny B ^a   Schmidt, Max W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carbonate saturated pelite; immiscible carbonatite; KNCFMASH CO2; melting experiments; phengite; silicate liquids

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE-SATURATED PELITE; MANTLE; POTASSIUM-CARBON METASOMATISM; SILICATE-CARBONATITE LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY;

CARBONATE MINERALS; DYNAMIC MODELS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MELTING; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLUBILITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBON; CARBONATE; CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; COESITE; GEODYNAMICS; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; KIMBERLITE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; PELITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PHENGITE; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; SILICATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 39549090648     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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