Chemical abrasion of zircon and ilmenite megacrysts in the Monastery kimberlite: Implications for the composition of kimberlite melts

Vadim S Kamenetsky; Elena A Belousova; Andrea Giuliani; Maya B Kamenetsky; Karsten Goemann; William L Griffin

Journal article

Chemical abrasion of zircon and ilmenite megacrysts in the Monastery kimberlite: Implications for the composition of kimberlite melts

Vadim S Kamenetsky, Elena A Belousova, Andrea Giuliani, Maya B Kamenetsky, Karsten Goemann, William L Griffin

Chemical Geology | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.06.008

University of Melbourne Researchers

Andrea Giuliani Author Earth Sciences

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Norm Pearson and Will Powell for their constant assistance with the analytical work. Funding for this work was provided by an ARC Discovery Grant to VSK and ARC Future Fellowship to EAB. The reviews by Greg Yaxley and Editor Klaus Mezger are greatly appreciated. This is publication 465 from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems (www.CCFS.mq.edu.au), and 942 from the ARC Key Centre GEMOC.