Carbon is not required during crystallization to produce ferrobasalts/ferrodiorites (FTP rocks)

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1750-1755

  Whitaker, Matthew L ^a   Lindsley, Donald H ^a   Whitaker, Jan M Kubicek ^a   Nekvasil, Hanna ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal liquid differentiation; Experimental petrology; Phase equilibria; Tholeiite

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; GRAPHITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY; FEPT ALLOYS; RESIDUAL LIQUID; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; THOLEIITE;

IRON ALLOYS;

BASALT; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIORITE; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAPHITE; IRON; OLIVINE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; THOLEIITE;

EID: 35448986182     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2643     Document Type: Article

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