Diamonds, dunites, and metasomatic rocks formed by melt/rock reaction in craton roots

Zsanett Pintér; Stephen F. Foley; Gregory M. Yaxley

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00630-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Diamonds, dunites, and metasomatic rocks formed by melt/rock reaction in craton roots

Zsanett Pintér,
Stephen F. Foley,
Gregory M. Yaxley

Affiliations

Zsanett Pintér: School of Natural Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Macquarie University
Stephen F. Foley: School of Natural Sciences and ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, Macquarie University
Gregory M. Yaxley: Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00630-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Reactions of depleted, reduced peridotite with oxidised volatile-rich melts can explain several contentious rock assemblages sampled by kimberlites from the metasomatised zone at the base of the lithosphere, according to high pressure laboratory experiments.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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