Immiscible-melt inclusions in corundum megacrysts: Microanalyses and geological implications

Xu, XS; Chen, XM; Griffin, WL; O'Reilly, SY; Zhang, XS; Chen, LH

Xu, XS (corresponding author), Nanjing Univ, Sch Earth Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Mineral Deposits Res, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China.; Xu, XS (corresponding author), Macquarie Univ, ARC Ctr Excellence Core Crust Fluid Syst, Macquarie Pk, NSW 2109, Australia.; Xu, XS (corresponding author), Macquarie Univ, GEMOC, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Macquarie Pk, NSW 2109, Australia.

AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, 2021; 106 (4): 559

Abstract

Controversies on the origin of zircon, corundum, titanomagnetite, and quartz megacrysts in alkali basalts mostly reflect the lack of direct evidence o......

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