the project aims to characterize the variation and evolution of the lithospheric mantle above a mantle plume and its interaction with passing plume-derived magmas. This thesis will describe the lithospheric mantle below the Cape Verde islands. The mantle will be characterized on basis of published petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical data on mainly peridotite xenoliths in mafic volcanic rocks of Cape Verde islands. Additional information may be obtained from our unpubished data and new mineral chemical data.
