Quartz-bearing rhyolitic melts in the Earth’s mantle

Quartz-bearing rhyolitic melts in the Earth’s mantle

The paper reports the occurrence of quartz-bearing rhyolitic melt inclusions and interstitial glasses within peridotite xenoliths. Their O-isotope composition proves crustal derivation and cycling into the mantle at convergent plate margins.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luigi Dallai, Gianluca Bianchini, Riccardo Avanzinelli, Etienne Deloule, Claudio Natali, Mario Gaeta, Andrea Cavallo, Sandro Conticelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35382-3

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35382-3

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