Melting of carbonated pelites at 8-13 GPa: Generating K-rich carbonatites for mantle metasomatism

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-191

  Grassi, Daniele ^a   Schmidt, Max W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbonated pelites; Mantle metasomatism; Potassic magmatism; Potassium rich carbonatites; Subduction recycling

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; CARBONATE; CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; FLUID INCLUSION; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; MELT; MELTING; METASOMATISM; PELITE; POTASSIC ROCK; POTASSIUM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79958089396     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0589-9     Document Type: Article

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