An experimental investigation on the fate of xenocrystic garnet in kimberlitic melts under upper mantle conditions
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Insets of large anhedral minerals in kimberlites are proposed to mainly have their origin from the disaggregation of mantle-derived xenoliths through mechanical abrasion by the ascending kimberlite magma. Garnet, despite being an imp...
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96828 |