New insights into deep mantle melts: the carbonatite-melilitite connection

The study of carbonatites and their genesis is an active area of research, with significant implications for carbon in the mantle and the global carbon cycle. In this thesis, possible theories of carbonatite petrogenesis are investigated using two main approaches. Firstly, natural examples of extrus...

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Main Author: McMahon, Sorcha Ciara
Published: University of Bristol 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.680375