European Mineralogical Conference 2016. Diamonds: open windows in the Earth's Mantle
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Dear Colleagues,
The second European Mineralogical Conference [http://emc2016.socminpet.it] will be held in Rimini, Italy, from 11 to 15 September 2016.
We are pleased to invite you to submit an abstract (before 9 May) to the following session:
Theme 1: Mantle petrology and geochemistry, P1 Diamonds: open windows in the Earth's mantle
Conveners:
Nestola Fabrizio, University of Padova, fabrizio.nestola@xxxxxxxx
Mikhail Sami, University of St Andrews, sm342@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bureau Hélène (contact), University of Paris Pierre et Marie Curie, Helene.bureau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The petrological and geochemical interrogation of mantle diamonds and their inclusions provide the best empirical method to study the deep carbon cycle over geological time. But what do diamonds teach us about the history of the mantle? About the crust to the deep mantle interaction over time? However, it is not known if the present models of formation are all correct, if some are mutually-exclusive, or if some are simply wrong. For example, it is agreed that diamonds are metasomatic, but the specific nature of these fluids are still debatable. In this session we propose to address what we know, and what we need to know about diamond-formation in the mantle and the cycling of volatiles throughout the Earth. We welcome all petrological, geochemical, experimental, and theoretical contributions.
Associated themes: mantle petrology and geochemistry, mineralogical crystallography
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