Kimberlite melts rich in alkali chlorides and carbonates: A potent metasomatic agent in the mantle

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 845-848

  Kamenetsky, Maya B ^a,b   Sobolev, Alexander V ^a,c   Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^a,b   Maas, Roland ^d   Danyushevsky, Leonid V ^b   Thomas, Rainer ^e   Pokhilenko, Nikolai P ^f   Sobolev, Nikolai V ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Chlorine; Immiscibility; Kimberlite; Mantle volatiles; Melt inclusions; Metasomatism

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CHLORIDES; MANTLE-DERIVED MELTS;

CARBON; CHLORINE; HYDROGEN; MELTING; SULFUR; VOLCANOES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ALKALINE ROCK; CHLORIDE; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELT; METASOMATISM;

EID: 7444235368     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20821.1     Document Type: Article

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