Partial Melting of Lower Oceanic Crust Gabbro: Constraints From Poikilitic Clinopyroxene Primocrysts

Successive magma batches underplate, ascend, stall and erupt along spreading ridges, building the oceanic crust. It is therefore important to understand the processes and conditions under which magma differentiates at mid ocean ridges. Although fractional crystallization is considered to be the domi...

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Main Authors: Julien Leuthold, C. Johan Lissenberg, Brian O'Driscoll, Ozge Karakas, Trevor Falloon, Dina N. Klimentyeva, Peter Ulmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00015/full