Quantifying lithological variability in the mantle
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In this article, the authors present a method that can be used to estimate the amount of recycled material present in the source region of mid-ocean ridge basalts by combining three key constraints: (1) the melting behaviour of the lithologies identified to be present in a mantle source, (2) the overall volume of melt production, and (3) the proportion of the melt production attributable to melting of each lithology.About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 2014-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 109 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Iceland plume & Mantle wedge.read more
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Global variations in abyssal peridotite compositions
TL;DR: In this paper, a compilation of abyssal peridotite geochemical data (modes, mineral major elements, and clinopyroxene trace elements) for > 1200 samples from 53 localities on 6 major ridge systems is presented.
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The role of pyroxenite in basalt genesis: Melt-PX, a melting parameterization for mantle pyroxenites between 0.9 and 5 GPa
TL;DR: In this paper, a new parameterization, Melt-PX, was developed to predict near-solidus temperatures and extents of melting as a function of temperature and pressure for mantle pyroxenites.
Plume-driven Upwelling Under Central Iceland
TL;DR: A suite of 70 basaltic samples from the Herdubreid region of the Northern Volcanic Zone (NVZ) in central Iceland has been analysed for major and trace element compositions as mentioned in this paper.
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Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability
Mark Hoggard,Mark Hoggard,Karol Czarnota,Karol Czarnota,Fred Richards,Fred Richards,David L. Huston,A. Lynton Jaques,S. Ghelichkhan +8 more
TL;DR: This paper found that 85% of sediment-hosted base metals, including all giant deposits (>10 megatonnes of metal, occur within 200 kilometres of the transition between thick and thin lithosphere.
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Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury
TL;DR: In this article, an empirical parameterization was developed to predict sulfide saturation (SCSS) in Mercurian magmas as a function of oxygen fugacity ( f O 2 ), temperature, pressure and silicate melt composition.
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Mantle geochemistry: the message from oceanic volcanism
TL;DR: Basaltic volcanism'samples' the Earth's mantle to great depths, because solid-state convection transports deep material into the (shallow) melting region as mentioned in this paper.
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Convection Plumes in the Lower Mantle
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