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The composition of near-solidus partial melts of fertile peridotite at 1 and 1.5 GPa: implications for the petrogenesis of MORB

Date

Authors

Falloon, Trevor

Green, David

Danyushevsky, Leonid V.

McNeill, Andrew

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

We have determined the near-solidus melt compositions for peridotite MM-3, a suitable composition for the production of mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) by decompression partial melting, at 1 and 1·5 GPa. At 1 GPa the MM-3 composition has a subsolidus plagi

Keywords

Keywords: chemical composition; crystallization; diopside; lherzolite; mantle structure; mid-ocean ridge basalt; peridotite; petrogenesis; petrology; plagioclase Experimental petrology; Fertile peridotite; Mantle melting; MORB; Near-solidus

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49883

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Petrology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/petrology/egn009

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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