The Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR) at 9^168E and 52^538S is characterized by ultra-slow, oblique spreading and contains one of the few documented occurrences of pyroxenite veins associated with abyssal peridotites. The origin of these uncommon lithologies is still debated.We present a detailed study (including electron microprobe and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) o...

The present work deals with the fractional crystallization of salts from seawater. New experimental data for sequence and liquid phase ion molalities aqueous model solutions that contain major seawater components are presented. For describing studied electrolyte solutions, Pitzer was used parameters adopted literature. This fluid property combined an equilibrium crystallization. comparison simu...

Watson and Harrison (Reports, 6 May 2005, p. 841) interpreted low temperatures (approximately 700 degrees C) for Hadean zircons as evidence of the existence of wet, minimum-melting conditions within 200 million years of solar system formation. However, high-temperature melts (approximately 900 degrees C) are zircon-undersaturated and crystallize zircon only after substantial temperature drop du...

This paper addresses the estimation of fractional composition of two diastereomers during crystallization. The estimation is obtained through a Partial Least Square (PLS) model that utilizes on-line Raman spectroscopy and additional process information such as temperature and slurry density. Several PLS models are developed that incorporate conditions that either neglect or account for variabil...

It has been suggested that evolution of a terrestrial magma ocean does not unavoidably follow a fractional crystallization scenario. Convection is able to preclude differentiation until a sharp viscosity increase occurs near some critical crystal fraction. However, this kind of crystallization and its physical and chemical consequences have not been previously studied. •Ve consider an end-membe...