2015_june Booklet A Part C Q80 📚 Earth Science - Petrology (Mantle Xenoliths)
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Mantle nodule (xenolith) mineral assemblages as indicators of depth of derivation (plagioclase-, spinel-, and garnet-peridotite facies).
Mantle peridotite mineralogy changes systematically with depth/pressure: at shallow depths, plagioclase is the stable aluminous phase (plagioclase peridotite); at intermediate depths, spinel is stable instead...

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