Kimberlites and Flood Basalts: Linking Primary Melts with Mantle and Crustal Sources

金伯利岩和钻石之间以及溢流玄武岩和硫化物矿化之间的密切关系使深部地幔岩浆的研究对科学界和勘探界具有重要意义。因此，拟议的研究代表着合乎逻辑的科学进步，因此在这一国际竞争领域中是及时和重要的，并作为渴望学习有关技术和方法的年轻研究人员的培训基地。该项目的可能结果引起了地球科学家的广泛兴趣，并可能有利于澳大利亚的经济，因为它们有助于预测大陆岩浆和各自的岩石是否形成于具有成矿潜力的深部地幔部分。

Intimate relationships between kimberlites and diamonds, and between flood basalts and sulphide mineralisation make the study of deep mantle-derived magmas important to the scientific and exploration communities. The proposed research therefore represents a logical scientific step forward and is hence timely and important in this internationally competitive field, and serve as a training base for young researchers keen to learn the techniques and methodologies involved. The possible outcomes of the project are of wide interest to geoscientists, and may benefit the Australian economy in that they help to predict whether the continental magmas and respective rocks have formed in parts of deep mantle with mineralisation potential.