Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9530509 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2005 12 Pages PDF
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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