I am doing a Project based on xenoliths and megacrysts in kimberlites based on the Monastery mine and other mines in the Free State, South Africa; and would like to know if there are any journals, books, any research work available to look at. I have realized that most research work on acquiring information about the crust and mantle has been mainly focused on using mantle xenoliths as compared to crustal xenoliths. If any, i would love to acquire more information about crustal xenoliths in general as this is also part of my project.
Dear Sandile,
Please have a look at these papers.
Kind Regards,
Masoud Ovissi
Jakob, Wolf-Rainer Otto. Geochemical aspects of the megacryst suite from the Monastery kimberlite pipe. Diss. University of Cape Town, 1977.
Carlson, Richard W., and Rory O. Moore. "Age of the eastern Kaapvaal mantle: Re-Os isotope data for peridotite xenoliths from the Monastery kimberlite." South African Journal of Geology 107.1-2 (2004): 81-90.
Bell, David R., George R. Rossman, and Rory O. Moore. "Abundance and partitioning of OH in a high-pressure magmatic system: megacrysts from the Monastery kimberlite, South Africa." Journal of petrology 45.8 (2004): 1539-1564.
Gurney, J. J., W. R. O. Jakob, and J. B. Dawson. "Megacrysts from the Monastery kimberlite pipe, South Africa." The Mantle Sample: Inclusion in Kimberlites and Other Volcanics (1979): 227-243.
Moore, R. O., et al. "Trace element geochemistry of ilmenite megacrysts from the Monastery kimberlite, South Africa." Lithos 29.1 (1992): 1-18.
Ringwood, A. E., and J. F. Lovering. "Significance of pyroxene-ilmenite intergrowths among kimberlite xenoliths." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 7.4 (1970): 371-375.
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