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Widespread PREMA in the upper mantle indicated by low-degree basaltic melts. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2023
Cai R, Liu J, Pearson DG, Giuliani A, van Keken PE, Oesch S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rift-induced disruption of cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism. [PDF]

Nature, 2023
Gernon TM, Jones SM, Brune S, Hincks TK, Palmer MR, Schumacher JC, Primiceri RM, Field M, Griffin WL, O'Reilly SY, Keir D, Spencer CJ, Merdith AS, Glerum A.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Thermal and mechanical structure of the upper mantle: A comparison between continental and oceanic models [PDF]

Temperature, velocity, and viscosity profiles for coupled thermal and mechanical models of the upper mantle beneath continental shields and old ocean basins show that under the continents, both tectonic plates and the asthenosphere, are thicker than they
Froidevaux, C., Schubert, G., Yuen, D. A.   +2 more
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Secular Variation in the North American Kimberlite Formation: The Variable Connection to LLSVPs

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Kimberlites are rare and perplexing igneous rocks that may represent the deepest‐sourced melt type extracted from within the Earth's mantle, and their origin may be associated with Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs) along the core‐mantle ...
C. Adam, P. D. Kempton
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Hotspots and the evolution of the mantle [PDF]

Trace element patterns show that continental and ocean island basalts are complementary to mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB). The relative sizes of the two source regions can be estimated from enrichment/depletion patterns.
Anderson, D. L.
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Thermal State and Thickness of the Lithospheric Mantle Beneath the Northern East-European Platform: Evidence from Clinopyroxene Xenocrysts in Kimberlite Pipes from the Arkhangelsk Region (NW Russia) and Its Applications in Diamond Exploration

Geosciences
This paper presents the reconstruction of the architecture of the lithospheric mantle, including its thermal state and thickness, as well as the scale and efficiency of its sampling by four kimberlites from the Arkhangelsk diamondiferous province ...
Elena Agasheva, Alyona Gudimova, Elena Malygina, Alexey Agashev, Alexey Ragozin, Elena Murav’eva, Anna Dymshits   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kimberlitic olivine

, 2009
Kimberlite hosts two populations of olivine that are distinguished on the basis of grain size and morphology; the populations are commonly described genetically as xenocrysts and phenocrysts. Recent studies of zoning patterns in kimberlitic olivine phenocrysts have cast doubt on the actual origins of the smaller olivine crystals. Here, we elucidate the
openaire   +1 more source

A Machine Learning Approach to Single Garnet Geothermometry and Application to Tracing the Fingerprint of Superdeep Diamonds

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Estimating the equilibration temperatures of mantle‐derived garnets is crucial for assessing the diamond potential of kimberlites. Traditional garnet geothermometers require co‐existing mineral data or costly trace element analysis, limiting their ...
Qiwei Zhang, Matthew F. Hardman, Thomas Stachel, Ingrid Chinn, Michael Seller, Bruce Kjarsgaard, D. Graham Pearson   +6 more
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Evolving mantle convection from bottom up to top down. [PDF]

Innovation (Camb), 2022
Mitchell RN, Brown M, Gernon TM, Spencer CJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Catastrophic volcanism as a cause of shocked features found at the K/T boundary and in cryptoexplosion structures [PDF]

The presence of quartz grains containing shock lamellae at the Cretaceous/Tertiary (K/T) boundary is viewed by many as the single most compelling evidence of meteoritic or cometary impact because there is no known endogenous mechanism for producing these
Loper, D. E., Mccartney, K.
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