Phase relations and melting of carbonated peridotite between 10 and 20 GPa: A proxy for alkali- and CO2-rich silicate melts in the deep mantle

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-23

  Ghosh, Sujoy ^a,b   Litasov, Konstantin ^c,d   Ohtani, Eiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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

Author keywords

Carbonated peridotite; Experimental petrology; Kimberlite; Metasomatism; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

GARNET; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 84893189492     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-014-0964-z     Document Type: Article

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