Calibration of an empirical thermometer and oxybarometer based on the partitioning of Sc, Y and V between olivine and silicate melt

Mallmann, Guilherme; O'Neill, Hugh

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Calibration of an empirical thermometer and oxybarometer based on the partitioning of Sc, Y and V between olivine and silicate melt

Date

2013

Authors

Mallmann, Guilherme

O'Neill, Hugh

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

The evolution of basaltic magmas depends on their redox state, hence oxygen fugacity, but there is increasing evidence that this intensive thermodynamic variable may be less well understood in basalts than commonly supposed. The redox state of terrestrial