Evidence for liquid immiscibility in the upper mantle

Amundsen, Hans E. F.

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Evidence for liquid immiscibility in the upper mantle

Amundsen, Hans E. F.·1987·Nature

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A range of carbonate globules in BVC xenoliths occur both as trapped inclusions within mantle minerals and in pockets between mineral grains, and are interpreted to have been deposited by primary mantle fluids.
“a range of carbonate globules in BVC xenoliths occur both as trapped inclusions within mantle minerals and in pockets between mineral grains, and are interpreted to have been deposited by primary mantle fluids (Amundsen 1987).”
From Comprehensive imaging and Raman spectroscopy of carbonate globules from Martian meteorite ALH 84001 and a terrestrial analogue from Svalbard (2007) · cites this paper as Amundsen 1987
The BVC eruptive centers have a range of different carbonate deposits, including magnesite globules similar to those found in ALH 84001.
“The BVC eruptive centers have a range of different carbonate deposits (Amundsen 1987), including magnesite globules similar to those found in ALH 84001.”
From Comprehensive imaging and Raman spectroscopy of carbonate globules from Martian meteorite ALH 84001 and a terrestrial analogue from Svalbard (2007) · cites this paper as Amundsen 1987

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“alteration of these carbonates, may have also changed the isotopic signatures encoded during the original precipitation event (Amundsen, 1987; Treiman et al., 2002).”
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Authors: Amundsen, H. E. F.
Corresponding author: Amundsen, Hans E. F.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1987-06
Volume: 327
Issue: 6124
Pages: 692-695
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/327692a0
OpenAlex: W2048417949
Cited by: 92
References: 7
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 1.95
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
Keywords: liquid immiscibility, upper mantle, mantle xenoliths, metasomatism, apatite, phlogopite, mantle heterogeneity

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