Publication detail

Lamprophyres, lamproites and related rocks as tracers to supercontinent cycles and metallogenesis

KRMÍČEK, L. CHALAPATHI RAO, N.V.

Original Title

Lamprophyres, lamproites and related rocks as tracers to supercontinent cycles and metallogenesis

Type

book chapter

Language

English

Original Abstract

Proterozoic to Cenozoic lamprophyres, lamproites and related rock types hold a unique potential for the investigation of processes affecting mantle reservoirs. They originated from primary mantle-derived melts that intruded both cratons and off-craton regions, which were parts of former supercontinents – Columbia, Rodinia and Gondwana–Pangaea. Well known for hosting economic minerals and elements such as diamonds, base metals, platinum-group elements and Au, they are also significant for our understanding of deep-mantle processes, such as mantle metasomatism and mantle plume–lithosphere interactions, as well as large-scale geodynamic processes, including subduction-related tectonics and supercontinent amalgamation and break-up. This Special Publication presents an overview of the state of the art and recent advances as achieved by individual research groups from different parts of the world, and outlines future research directions. Mineralogical, geochemical, geochronological and isotope analyses are used to decipher the complex petrogenetic and metallogenetic evolution of these extraordinary rocks and unravel a complete history of tectonic events related to individual supercontinent cycles. The Special Publication including this introductory chapter also deals with some issues related to the classification of these rocks.

Keywords

lamprophyres; lamproites; kimberlites; classification

Authors

KRMÍČEK, L.; CHALAPATHI RAO, N.V.

Released

9. 2. 2022

Publisher

Geological Society of London

Location

Bath

ISBN

978-1-78620-543-8

Book

Lamprophyres, Lamproites and Related Rocks: Tracers to Supercontinent Cycles and Metallogenesis

Edition

513

Edition number

1

ISBN

0305-8719

Periodical

Geological Society Special Publication

State

unknown

Pages from

1

Pages to

16

Pages count

16

URL

https://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/513/1/1

BibTex

@inbook{BUT176748,
  author="Lukáš {Krmíček} and N.V. {Chalapathi Rao}",
  title="Lamprophyres, lamproites and related rocks as tracers to supercontinent cycles and metallogenesis
",
  booktitle="Lamprophyres, Lamproites and Related Rocks: Tracers to Supercontinent Cycles and Metallogenesis",
  year="2022",
  publisher="Geological Society of London",
  address="Bath",
  series="513",
  edition="1",
  pages="1--16",
  doi="10.1144/SP513-2021-159",
  isbn="978-1-78620-543-8",
  url="https://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/513/1/1"
}