Crystallisation temperatures of the most Mg-rich magmas of the Karoo LIP on the basis of Al-in-olivine thermometer

• Published in: Chemical Geology
• Main Authors: Heinonen, Jussi S., Jennings, Eleanor S., Riley, Teal R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Saunders; Vestfjella; Ahlmannryggen; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510161/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510161/1/Heinonen%202015%20-%20Crystallisation%20temperatures%20of%20the%20most%20Mg-rich%20magmas%20AAM.pdf

Calculating reliable temperatures of Mg-rich magmas is problematic because melt composition and KD(Fe-Mg)ol-liq, the key parameters of many traditional thermometers, are difficult to constrain precisely. The recently developed Al-in-olivine thermometer [Coogan, L.A., Saunders, A.D., Wilson, R.N., 20...