Links between carbonatite and kimberlite melts in chloride-carbonate-silicate systems: Experiments and application to natural assemblages

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1307-1331

  Safonov, Oleg G ^a,c   Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^b   Perchuk, Leonid L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Chloride carbonate melts; High pressure experiment; Kimberlite; Mantle

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CARBONATITE; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH PRESSURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IMMISCIBILITY; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SILICATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961079115     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq034     Document Type: Article

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