Origin of alkali-rich volcanic and alkali-poor intrusive carbonatites from a common parental magma

Abstract The discrepancy between Na-rich compositions of modern carbonatitic lavas (Oldoinyo Lengai volcano) and alkali-poor ancient carbonatites remains a topical problem in petrology. Although both are supposedly considered to originate via fractional crystallization of a “common parent” alkali-be...

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Main Authors: Ivan F. Chayka, Vadim S. Kamenetsky, Nikolay V. Vladykin, Alkiviadis Kontonikas-Charos, Ilya R. Prokopyev, Sergey Yu. Stepanov, Stepan P. Krasheninnikov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97014-y