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Kimberlite ascent by assimilation-fuelled buoyancy

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  • James K. Russell

    (Volcanology and Petrology Laboratory, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Lucy A. Porritt

    (Volcanology and Petrology Laboratory, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Yan Lavallée

    (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, München 80333, Germany)

  • Donald B. Dingwell

    (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, München 80333, Germany)

Abstract

Assimilation of mantle minerals is proposed as a cause of deep-seated exsolution of dissolved volatiles and the driver of kimberlite magma ascent.

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  • James K. Russell & Lucy A. Porritt & Yan Lavallée & Donald B. Dingwell, 2012. "Kimberlite ascent by assimilation-fuelled buoyancy," Nature, Nature, vol. 481(7381), pages 352-356, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:481:y:2012:i:7381:d:10.1038_nature10740
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10740
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    1. Thomas J. Jones & James K. Russell & Richard J. Brown & Lea Hollendonner, 2022. "Melt stripping and agglutination of pyroclasts during the explosive eruption of low viscosity magmas," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Andrea Giuliani & David Phillips & D. Graham Pearson & Soumendu Sarkar & Alex A. Müller & Yaakov Weiss & Robin Preston & Michael Seller & Zdislav Spetsius, 2023. "Diamond preservation in the lithospheric mantle recorded by olivine in kimberlites," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Jing-Yao Xu & Andrea Giuliani & Qiu-Li Li & Kai Lu & Joan Carles Melgarejo & William L. Griffin, 2021. "Light oxygen isotopes in mantle-derived magmas reflect assimilation of sub-continental lithospheric mantle material," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.

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