Oceanic lithospheric mantle is generally interpreted as depleted mantle residue after mid-ocean ridge basalt extraction. Several models have suggested that metasomatic processes can refertilize ...

Metasomatic processes in mantle xenoliths encompass interaction between percolating melts or fluids and the solid peridotitic or pyroxenitic mantle framework. Such interactions modify mineral ...

Harlow, G. E. and Sorensen, Sorena S. 2005. "Jade (nephrite and jadeitite) and serpentinite: metasomatic connections." International Geology Review, 47 113–146.