Petrogenetic Links Between Carbonatites and Kimberlites

首席研究员将实验性地研究 硅酸盐-碳酸盐-二氧化碳-水体系的行为。 的 该项目将尝试追踪挥发性降低的成分， 它们的交代和岩浆作用从深部地幔到 它们在近地表岩浆中固结或出溶。 具体而言，结果将适用于 金伯利岩和碳酸岩。 更一般地说，结果将 帮助地质学家了解地球演化的重要过程 适用于从极深到近地表的各种环境。

The principal investigator will experimentally study the melting behavior of silicate-carbonate-carbon dioxide-water systems. The project will attempt to trace the reduced volatile components and their metasomatic and magmatic effects from the deep mantle to their consolidation in, or exsolution from, near-surface magmas. Specifically, the results will have application to the origin of Kimberlites and carbonatites. More generally, the results will help geologists understand important processes in earth evolution for environments ranging from very deep to near-surface.