Thinning and destruction of the cratonic lithosphere: A global perspective

FY Wu, YG Xu, RX Zhu, GW Zhang - Science China Earth Sciences, 2014 - Springer
It has been proposed that the North China Craton (NCC) was thinned up to a thickness of>
100 km during the Phanerozoic, and underwent an associated craton destruction. Evidently …

The role of carbon from recycled sediments in the origin of ultrapotassic igneous rocks in the Central Mediterranean

S Conticelli, R Avanzinelli, E Ammannati, M Casalini - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Central Mediterranean region is one of the most important areas on Earth for
studying subduction-related potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism, derived from partial …

[PDF][PDF] 克拉通岩石圈减薄与破坏

吴福元, 徐义刚, 朱日祥, 张国伟 - 中国科学: 地球科学, 2014 - researchgate.net
摘要我国华北克拉通在显生宙期间曾发生过> 100 km 的岩石圈减薄, 并伴随克拉通的破坏.
但如何认识该克拉通破坏的机制及在全球大陆演化中的意义, 是目前需要深入研究的问题 …

Weathering and relative durability of detrital minerals in equatorial climate: sand petrology and geochemistry in the East African Rift

E Garzanti, M Padoan, S Andò… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article investigates how, where, and to what extent the mineralogical and chemical
composition of sand-sized sediments is modified by extreme weathering in modern …

Rift-induced disruption of cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism

TM Gernon, SM Jones, S Brune, TK Hincks, MR Palmer… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Kimberlites are volatile-rich, occasionally diamond-bearing magmas that have erupted
explosively at Earth's surface in the geologic past,–. These enigmatic magmas, originating …

Repeated kimberlite magmatism beneath Yakutia and its relationship to Siberian flood volcanism: Insights from in situ U–Pb and Sr–Nd perovskite isotope analysis

J Sun, CZ Liu, S Tappe, SI Kostrovitsky, FY Wu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
We report combined U–Pb ages and Sr–Nd isotope compositions of perovskites from 50
kimberlite occurrences, sampled from 9 fields across the Yakutian kimberlite province on the …

Origin of sub-lithospheric diamonds from the Juina-5 kimberlite (Brazil): constraints from carbon isotopes and inclusion compositions

AR Thomson, SC Kohn, GP Bulanova, CB Smith… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2014 - Springer
Forty-one diamonds sourced from the Juina-5 kimberlite pipe in Southern Brazil, which
contain optically identifiable inclusions, have been studied using an integrated approach …

Petrogenesis of a hybrid cluster of evolved kimberlites and ultramafic lamprophyres in the Kuusamo area, Finland

H Dalton, A Giuliani, H O'Brien, D Phillips… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Kimberlites are often closely associated, both in time and space, with a wide variety of
alkaline ultramafic rock types, yet the question of a genetic relationship between these rock …

Mesozoic to Cenozoic alkaline and tholeiitic magmatism related to West Gondwana break-up and dispersal

ACD Ferreira, RV Conceição, AMP Mizusaki - Gondwana Research, 2022 - Elsevier
For over 50 years, Mesozoic tholeiites, kimberlites and carbonatites from the South
American platform have been enabled the understanding of melting processes in the Earth's …

Origin of complex zoning in olivine from diverse, diamondiferous kimberlites and tectonic settings: Ekati (Canada), Alto Paranaiba (Brazil) and Kaalvallei (South Africa)

E Lim, A Giuliani, D Phillips, K Goemann - Mineralogy and Petrology, 2018 - Springer
Olivine in kimberlites can provide unique insights into magma petrogenesis, because it is
the most abundant xenocrystic phase and a stable magmatic product over most of the liquid …