Cobalt and scandium partitioning versus iron content for crystalline phases in ultramafic nodules

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
By:  and 

Links

Abstract

Fractionation of Co and Sc between garnets, olivines, and clino- and orthopyroxenes, separated from a suite of Salt Lake Crater ultramafic nodules that equilibrated at the same T and P, is strongly dependent on Fe contents. This observation suggests that petrogenetic equilibrium models of partial melting and crystal fractionation must take into account effects of magma composition, if they are to describe quantitatively geochemical evolutionary trends.

    Publication type Article
    Publication Subtype Journal Article
    Title Cobalt and scandium partitioning versus iron content for crystalline phases in ultramafic nodules
    Series title Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    DOI 10.1016/0012-821X(78)90153-X
    Volume 39
    Issue 1
    Year Published 1978
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier
    Description 6 p.
    First page 173
    Last page 178
    Google Analytic Metrics Metrics page
    Additional publication details