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Melting relations of some lavas of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. E. Tilley ,
R. N. Thompson ,
W. J. Wadsworth  and
B. G. J. Upton
C. E. Tilley
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge
R. N. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Manchester
W. J. Wadsworth
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Manchester
B. G. J. Upton
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Edinburgh
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Summary

The one-atmosphere experimental melting and crystallization relations of some basic lavas of Réunion Island, Indian Ocean, are investigated. They comprise products of the extinct volcano Piton des Neiges and the active volcano Piton de la Fournaise. New data and interpretations are presented for the 1939 oceanite and its contained glass, originally described by Lacroix (1939a). The liquidus v. iron enrichment curves for these Réunion lavas fall about 20 °C above those of the lavas of Kilauea, Hawaii. The primitive liquid reaching the surface contained about 10 % MgO.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 38 , Issue 295 , September 1971 , pp. 344 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1971

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