The nature and barium partitioning between immiscible melts - A comparison of experimental and natural systems with reference to lunar granite petrogenesisElemental partitioning between immiscible melts has been studied using experimental liquid-liquid Kds and those determined by analysis of immiscible glasses in basalt mesostases in order to investigate lunar granite petrogenesis. Experimental data show that Ba is partitioned into the basic immiscible melt, while probe analysis results show that Ba is partitioned into the granitic immiscible melt. It is concluded that lunar granite of significant size can only occur in a plutonic or deep hypabyssal environment.
Document ID
19890049132
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Neal, C. R. (Tennessee Univ. Knoxville, TN, United States)
Taylor, L. A. (Tennessee, University Knoxville, United States)