A. E. Izokh, V. V. Egorova, R. A. Shelepaev, Ya. Yu. Shelepov
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Abstract
Large (up to 4 cm) crystals of euhedral olivine and its intergrowths with clinopyroxene were discovered in the alkali–basaltoid dikes of the Western Sangilen region, Southeastern Tuva. The composition of olivine megacrysts (81–83 at % Mg#, 0.2–0.3 wt % NiO) is drastically different from that of olivines in mantle and gabbroid parageneses. Olivine is a liquidus phase crystallized from an alkaline basaltic melt at a pressure of 10–13 kbar in intermediate magma chambers located at a depth of 34–43 km corresponding to the level of the crust–lithospheric mantle boundary in the Western Sangilen region.
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Doklady Earth Sciences is a journal that publishes new research in Earth science of great significance. Initially the journal was a forum of the Russian Academy of Science and published only best contributions from Russia. Now the journal welcomes submissions from any country in the English or Russian language. Every manuscript must be recommended by Russian or foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.