Depth, degrees and tectonic settings of mantle melting during craton formation: Inferences from major and trace element compositions of spinel harzburgite xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite, central Siberia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 359-360, Issue , 2012, Pages 206-218

  Doucet, L S ^a   Ionov, D A ^a,b   Golovin, A V ^c   Pokhilenko, N P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

Craton; Mantle xenolith; Melting residue; Metasomatism; Spinel harzburgite; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CRATON; HARZBURGITES; MANTLE XENOLITHS; METASOMATISM; SUBDUCTION;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MELTING; MINERALOGY; SILICA;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; CRATON; HARZBURGITE; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; ORTHOPYROXENE; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

SIBERIA;

EID: 84868695456     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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