An experimental study of carbonated eclogite at 3·5-5·5 GPa-implications for silicate and carbonate metasomatism in the cratonic mantle

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 727-759

  Kiseeva, Ekaterina S ^a   Yaxley, Gregory M ^a   Hermann, Jörg ^a   Litasov, Konstantin D ^b,c   Rosenthal, Anja ^a   Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonate and silicate metasomatism; Experiments on MORB composition; Inclusions in diamonds; Liquid immiscibility; Minor amounts of water

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CLINOPYROXENE; COESITE; ECLOGITE; FELDSPAR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GARNET; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; MELTING; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; P-T CONDITIONS; PERMEABILITY; RUTILE; SILICATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84859010746     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr078     Document Type: Article

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