Role of percolating melts in Antarctic subcontinental lithospheric mantle: New insights from Handler Ridge mantle xenoliths (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Pelorosso, B., Bonadiman, C., Coltorti, Massimo, Melchiorre, Massimiliano, Giacomoni, Pier Paolo, Ntaflos, T., Grégoire, Michel, Benoit, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America 2017
• Subjects: Silicate minerals; Volcanic rocks; Highest temperature; Major elements; Mantle xenoliths; Orthopyroxene; Partial melting; Peridotite xenoliths; Quartz buffers; Sub-continental lithospheric mantles; Alkaline rocks; Lithology; Anhydrite; Cenozoic; isotopic composition; lithospheric structure; mantle structure; metasomatism; peridotite; petrology; volcanic rock; xenolith; Antarctica; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Antarctic; Handler Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/153264

The petrology of anhydrous peridotite xenoliths hosted in the Cenozoic alkaline volcanic rocks from Handler Ridge (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica) provides new constraints on the characterization of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the West Antarctic Rift. For most samples, the tem...