Evidence for the role of phlogopite in the genesis of alkali basalts
โ Scribed by Martin F. J. Flower
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 652 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-7999
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โฆ Synopsis
Evaluation of available experimental and petrochemical evidence suggests that variations of potassium, titanium and aluminium in basalts can be explained by the melting of titaniferous phlogopite at depths exceeding about 60 km in the upper mantle. For tholeiitie basalts, an inverse covariance is reeognised between titanium and aluminium which is probably controlled by the depth of magma segregation. The relative effects of pressure and phlogopite breakdown have been estimated for selected suites of alkali basalt.
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