Melting and metasomatism/refertilisation processes in the Patagonian sub-continental lithospheric mantle: A review

M Melchiorre, B Faccini, M Grégoire, M Benoit… - Lithos, 2020 - Elsevier
The large amount of geochemical variability in peridotitic and pyroxenitic xenoliths exhumed
by Eocene to present-day magmas in Patagonia provides a unique opportunity to …

On the iron isotope heterogeneity of lithospheric mantle xenoliths: implications for mantle metasomatism, the origin of basalts and the iron isotope composition of the …

F Poitrasson, G Delpech, M Grégoire - Contributions to Mineralogy and …, 2013 - Springer
With the aim to better understand the cause of the iron isotope heterogeneity of mantle-
derived bulk peridotites, we compared the petrological, geochemical and iron isotope …

Combined iron and magnesium isotope geochemistry of pyroxenite xenoliths from Hannuoba, North China Craton: implications for mantle metasomatism

XM Zhao, HH Cao, X Mi, NJ Evans, YH Qi… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2017 - Springer
We present high-precision iron and magnesium isotopic data for diverse mantle pyroxenite
xenoliths collected from Hannuoba, North China Craton and provide the first combined iron …

Pyroxenite layers in the Northern Apennines' upper mantle (Italy)—generation by pyroxenite melting and melt infiltration

G Borghini, E Rampone, A Zanetti, C Class… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Pyroxenite layers embedded within peridotite represent widespread lithological mantle
heterogeneities and are potential components in the mantle source of many oceanic basalts …

The origin of spongy texture in minerals of mantle xenoliths from the Western Qinling, central China

BX Su, HF Zhang, PA Sakyi, YH Yang, JF Ying… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2011 - Springer
Spongy textures are observed in mantle peridotite xenoliths hosted in Cenozoic kamafugites
from the Western Qinling, central China. These textures are mainly developed in …

In-situ trace element and Sr isotopic compositions of mantle xenoliths constrain two-stage metasomatism beneath the northern North China Craton

D Wu, Y Liu, C Chen, R Xu, MN Ducea, Z Hu, K Zong - Lithos, 2017 - Elsevier
Subduction and collision are the key processes triggering geochemical refertilization of the
lithospheric mantle beneath cratons. However, the way that the subducted plate influences …

Garnet clinopyroxenite layers from the mantle sequences of the Northern Apennine ophiolites (Italy): evidence for recycling of crustal material

A Montanini, R Tribuzio, M Thirlwall - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
This study aims to define the origin of garnet clinopyroxenite layers from the mantle
sequences of the External Ligurian ophiolites. These mantle sequences retain a …

Decoupled trace element and isotope compositions recorded in orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene in composite pyroxenite veins from the xiugugabu ophiolite (SW …

ZY Zhang, CZ Liu, Y Liang, C Zhang, T Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pyroxenite veins and dikes are commonly observed in the mantle section of ophiolites.
Because of their mantle occurrence, these pyroxenites are free from crustal contamination …

The origin of Patagonia revealed by Re-Os systematics of mantle xenoliths

ME Schilling, RW Carlson, A Tassara… - Precambrian …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present mineral chemistry and whole rock major, trace, and platinum group element
(PGE) concentrations, and Re-Os isotope data for eighteen mantle xenoliths carried to the …

Pyroxenite and peridotite xenoliths from Hexigten, Inner Mongolia: Insights into the Paleo-Asian Ocean subduction-related melt/fluid–peridotite interaction

D Zou, Y Liu, Z Hu, S Gao, K Zong, R Xu, L Deng… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
The in situ major, trace-element and Sr-isotopic compositions of the peridotite and
pyroxenite xenoliths from the Hexigten region in the Xing-Meng orogenic belt (XMOB) were …