Abyssal peridotites have been long interpreted to be residues of mantle melting beneath mid ocean ridges,but the recent studies of their modal proportions and reconstructed whole rock compositions show that they are mixtures of mantle melting residues and excess olivine beneath an ocean ridge.

Water in minerals from peridotite xenoliths of Hannuoba basalts,Hebei, China:micro-FTIR results;

Two types of peridotite in continental orogenic belts—a case study from the North Qaidam UHP metamorphic belt;

Lithospheric thinning accompanying mantle lateral spreading, erosion and replacement beneath the eastern part of North China: evidence from peridotites.;