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Journal of Petrology Volume 42 Number 1 Pages 3-4 2001
© Oxford University Press 2001
Orogenic Lherzolites and Mantle Processes: Editorial
1DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, EGHAM TW20 0EX, UK
2DIPARTAMENTO DI SCIENZE DELLA TERRA, UNIVERSITÀ DI PAVIA, PAVIA, ITALY
3INTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA TERRE, DE LEAU ET DE LESPACE DE MONTPELLIER, CNRS ET UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER 2, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE
4DEPARTMENT OF EARTH, ATMOSPHERIC AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139, USA
5DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, WOODS HOLE, MA 02543, USA
6DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE DELLA TERRA, UNIVERSITÀ DI MILANO, MILAN, ITALY
7DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE DELLA TERRA, UNIVERSITÀ DI MODENA, MODENA, ITALY
8MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR CHEMIE, ABT. GEOCHEMIE, MAINZ, GERMANY
The papers in this Special Volume of the Journal of Petrology were presented at the Third International Lithosphere Conference held in Pavia, Italy, in September 1999. The meeting was attended by about 100 scientists who actively research mantle rocks and the processes of melt formation and extraction. The protoliths are garnet-, spinel- or plagioclase-facies peridotites, rocks brought to the surface during the eruption of alkali to potassic volcanoes, diatremes and maars. Mantle rocks are also exposed at the surface of the Earth as a result of tectonic processes (i.e. orogenic or alpine massifs) or mantle rocks are dredged or drilled on the
MORB MELT TRANSFER
ANCIENT AND MODERN ARCS
THERMOBAROMETRY AND ULTRADEEP GARNETS OR GARNET PERIDOTITES
LITHOSPHERIC PROCESSES
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