Metasomatic reaction phenomena from entrainment to surface cooling : evidence from mantle peridotite xenoliths from Bulgaria

• Main Authors: Marchev, Peter, Arai, Shoji, Vaselli, Orlando, Costa, Fidel, Zanetti, Alberto, Downes, Hilary
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Peridotite Xenoliths; Host Basalt Metasomatism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137255
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present a detailed study of the mineralogical and chemical modifications of peridotite xenoliths during magma transport and cooling at the Earth's surface. The xenoliths are entrained in three small-volume (<1 km3 ), monogenetic, Miocene-Oligocene, basanite domes in the Moesian Platform,...