Heterogeneous Contamination Associated with Shallow Level Incorporation of Granodiorite Xenoliths in Andesite Dacite Magmas

首席研究员将记录捕虏体分解的化学、矿物学和物理过程，并将描述非均质污染物被邻近岩浆吸收的机制。为此，他将研究不列颠哥伦比亚省西南部瓦茨角和蒙茅斯溪复合体的花岗闪长岩包体。这些结果将使地质学家更好地了解地壳上部的岩浆污染机制，并对更深处的污染过程有新的认识。

The principal investigator will document the chemical, mineralogic, and physical processes of xenolith disaggregation, and will characterize the mechanisms by which heterogeneous contaminants are assimilated in adjacent magma. To do so he will study granodiorite xenoliths in the Watts Point and Monmouth Creek complexes of southwestern British Columbia. The results will provide geologists with a better understanding of magma contamination mechanisms in the upper part of the Earth's crust, and with new insights into contamination processes at greater depths.