Experimental duplication of a high-pressure megacryst/cumulate assemblage in a near-saturated hawaiite |
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| Authors: | Janice Knutson Trevor H Green |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, 2113, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
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| Abstract: | The occurrence of corroded megacrysts and cumulates of olivine, clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, plagioclase, ilmenite and apatite in near-saturated hawaiites from the mid-north coast of New South Wales point to the derivation of these hawaiites at elevated pressures. In an experimental study on one of these hawaiites under conditions ranging from 5–15 kb and 0–5% H2O, orthopyroxene was identified in only one run with 2% H2O at 1040° C and 6.5 kb. In this run it was associated with olivine, clinopyroxene and Fe-Ti oxide. The early appearance of plagioclase in the “dry” experimental runs and amphibole in runs with 5% H2O, indicates that the water content in the natural hawaiite was intermediate to these values. The near-duplication of the natural megacryst-cumulate assemblage suggests that the hawaiite host precipitated these phases at a depth of approximately 20–24 km, prior to rapid eruption to higher crustal levels. |
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