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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-365-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-365-2025
Research article
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30 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 30 Jun 2025

Carbonatite metasomatism overprinted by silicate melt metasomatism in the mantle beneath the West Eifel volcanic field

Beatrice E. Bromley, Shuai Ma, and Cliff S. J. Shaw

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Understanding the chemical evolution of the earth's mantle is important in the cycling of elements through the earth system. This work shows how mantle that has previously been partially melted can be re-enriched by carbonate-rich and silicate magmas. Samples of the mantle collected from volcanic rocks in the Eifel volcanic field and the mineral clinopyroxene were analyzed to reveal its chemical signatures, which were used to determine the nature of the processes that affected the Eifel mantle.
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