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Trace element geochemistry of oceanic peridotites and silicate melt inclusions : implications for mantle melting and ocean ridge magmagenesis

Johnson, Kevin T. M.Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution1990

The mantle melting process is fundamental to basalt genesis and crustal accretion at mid-ocean ridges. It is believed that melts ascend more rapidly than the surrounding mantle, implying a process similar to fractional melting may be occurring, but geochemical evidence for this has been lacking. …

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