• Calcium isotopes track volatile components in the mantle sources of alkaline rocks and associated carbonatites 

      Chen, Chunfei; Foley, Stephen F.; Tappe, Sebastian; Ren, Huange; Feng, Lanping; Liu, Yongsheng (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-16)
      The volatile components CO2 and H2O induce mantle melting and thus exert major controls on mantle heterogeneity. Primitive intraplate alkaline magmatic rocks are the closest analogues for incipient mantle melts and provide the most direct method to assess such mantle heterogeneity. Given the considerable Ca isotope differences among carbonate, clinopyroxene, garnet, and orthopyroxene in the mantle ...