Liquidus phase relations in the CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2 system at 3·0 GPa: The aluminous pyroxene thermal divide and high-pressure fractionation of picritic and komatiitic magmas

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-27

  Milholland, Cheney S ^a,b   Presnall, Dean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Fractionation; High pressure; Komatiite; Thermal divide

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PRESSURE; KOMATIITE; PHASE RELATIONS; THERMAL DIVIDE;

EID: 0031805799     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.1.3     Document Type: Article

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