Авторы: Aigner-Torres M., Blundy J., Ulmer P.

2007 г.

Contrib.Miner.Petrol.

        Plagioclase-melt partition coefficients (D) for 34 trace elements at natural concentration levels were determined experimentally in a natural MORB composition at atmospheric pressure using thin Pt-wire loops. Experiments were carried out at three temperatures (1,220, 1,200, and 1,180C), and at three different oxygen fugacities (fO2 = IW, QFM, air) in order to assess the effect of fO2 on the partitioning of elements with multiple valence (Fe, Eu, Cr). Run products were analyzed by laser-ablation ICP-MS. Most trace element Ds increase slightly as temperature decreases, except for DZr, DFe, DEu and DCr that vary systematically with fO2. Applying the Lattice Strain Model to our data suggests the presence of Fe2+ entirely in the octahedral site at highly to moderate reducing conditions, while Fe3+ was assigned wholly to the tetrahedral site of the plagioclase structure. Furthermore, we provide a new quantitative framework for understanding the partitioning behaviour of Eu, which occurs as both 2+ and 3+ cations, depending on fO2and confirm the greater compatibility of Eu2+, which has an ionic radius similar to Sr, relative to Eu3+ in plagioclase and the higher Eu2+/ Eu3+ under reducing conditions. For petrogenetic basaltic processes, a combined fractionation of Eu2+–Sr and Fe–Mg by plagioclase has considerable potential as an oxybarometer for natural magmatic rocks.

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