Three distinct groups of eclogites (low-Mg–Ti eclogites, high-Ti eclogites and Mg-rich eclogites) and ultramafic rocks from the depth interval of 100–680 m of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drill Hole were studied. The lowMg#s (=100⁎molar Mg/(Mg+Fe)) (81–84%) and low Ni (1150–1220 ppm) and high Fe2O3 total (13–15 wt.%) contents of ultramafic rocks suggest a cumulate origin. Mgrich eclogites...

In the Tethyan realm, leucocratic rocks were recognized as dikes and layers outcropping in ophiolitic of Western Alps, Corsica, Northern Apennines. Several authors have suggested that origin is associated with partial melting cumulate gabbro. Major trace elements composition paragenesis provided information about genetic processes. This research aims at disclosing, for first time, petrographica...

the igneous dykes are a small mafic rock unit exposed in the south gorgan of eastern alborz, north iran. these mafic dykes are intruded in the middle–upper paleozoic sedimentary and metamorphic rocks units representing a part of the north gondwana province. the studied samples were collected from various locations along the exposed bodies. thin sections of these rocks show medium to coarse grai...

the shahabad gabbroic intrusion, with nw-se trend cropped out at the boundary of zagros and sanandaj-sirjan zones is composed of olivine gabbro, orthogabbro and troctolite. plagioclase, clinopyroxene and olivine are the main minerals; and magnetite, titanomagnetite and serpentine are minor and secondary minerals. microprobe analyses of the minerals show that plagioclase is labradorite, pyroxene...

[1] Analysis of the compositions of crystals and melt inclusions from a suite of 40 gabbroic and wehrlitic nodules in a single eruptive body provides a record of concurrent mixing and crystallization of melts under NE Iceland. The crystals in the nodules have a similar range of compositions to those found as phenocrysts in the flow, and many of the nodules may have been generated by crystalliza...