Metal Saturated Cumulates from Siberia — Lunar Basalt Analogues?

• Published in: Journal of petrology Vol. 63; no. 8
• Main Authors: Ballhaus, Chris, Leitzke, Felipe P, Fonseca, Raúl O C, Nagel, Thorsten, Kuzmin, Dmitri, El Goresy, Ahmed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Dzhaltul complex; viscosity; chemographic analysis; Fe metal saturated melts; Siberia; chemical differentiation; lunar basalts

Abstract It is not well known which chemical differentiation pathways basaltic melts will take when they are iron metal saturated. Thermodynamically, the pathway seems predictable. So long as Fe metal is a stable liquidus phase and relative oxygen fugacity (fO2) is not subject to major fluctuations,...