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A study on the forming conditions of basalts in seamounts of the South China Sea
- Source :
- Chinese Journal of Geochemistry. 13:107-117
- Publication Year :
- 1994
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1994.
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Abstract
- Volcanic rocks in seamounts of the South China Sea consist mainly of alkali basalt, tholeiitic basalt, trachyandesitic pumice, dacite, etc. Inclusions in the minerals of the volcanic rocks are mainly amorphous melt inclusions, which reflects that the volcanic rocks are characterized by submarine eruption and rapid cooling on the seafloor. Furthermore, fluid-melt inclusions have been discovered for the first time in alkali basalts and mantle-derived xenoliths. indicating a process of differentiation between magma and fluid in the course of mantle partial melting. Alkali basalts and inclusions may have been formed in this nonhomogeneous system.
Details
- ISSN :
- 19930364 and 10009426
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chinese Journal of Geochemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e7ed48dbc128a5aa3cb77376d4142348