Characterizing Peridotite Xenoliths from Southern Vietnam: Insight into the Underlying Lithospheric Mantle

Abstract

We present data for lithospheric mantle xenoliths sampled from two alkali basalts in south-central Vietnam, Pleiku and Xuan Loc, including fertile spinel peridotites. To better determine the origins of the Indochinese subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM), including impacts of posited tectonic extrusion, we present major and trace elements, and