Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9530509 | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | 2005 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
The experimental data demonstrate that the fluids present in the waning stages of the solidification of the Stillwater and Bushveld complexes were highly saline. The Cl-rich apatite in these bodies crystallized from interstitial melt with high Cl/(F + OH) ratio. The latter was generated by the combined processes of fractional crystallization and dehydration by its reaction with the relatively large mass of initially anhydrous pyroxene through which it percolated.
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Authors
Edmond A. Mathez, James D. Webster,