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Abstract
The extent to which the mantle can melt depends on temperature, pressure, and its bulk composition. Reconstructing the extent of mantle melting from ancient primitive magmas or residual mantle peridotites can thus provide insights into the thermal and dynamic state of the Earth’s interior. Here, we show using compiled experimental data that olivine Forsterite (Fo = molar Mg/(Mg + Fe)) content in residual peridotites can be used to estimate melting degree:
期刊介绍:
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta publishes research papers in a wide range of subjects in terrestrial geochemistry, meteoritics, and planetary geochemistry. The scope of the journal includes:
1). Physical chemistry of gases, aqueous solutions, glasses, and crystalline solids
2). Igneous and metamorphic petrology
3). Chemical processes in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere of the Earth
4). Organic geochemistry
5). Isotope geochemistry
6). Meteoritics and meteorite impacts
7). Lunar science; and
8). Planetary geochemistry.