Zr and Nb partition coefficients - Implications for the genesis of mare basalts, KREEP, and sea floor basalts

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Jun 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978gecoa..42..859m&link_type=abstract

(International Conference on Experimental Trace Element Geochemistry, Sedona, Ariz., Sept. 12-16, 1977.) Geochimica et Cosmochim

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Basalt, Lunar Composition, Lunar Rocks, Niobium, Zirconium, Apollo 11 Flight, Crystals, Henry Law, Lunar Maria

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The distribution coefficients of Zr and Nb have been found between armalcolite, ilmenite, clinopyroxene, rutile, plagioclase, and a coexisting high-Ti mare basalt melt in the 1105-1128 C temperature range. Henry's Law is not broken over the compositional range evaluated. The distribution coefficients of clinopyroxene are strongly dependent on melt and crystal compositions. The Al2O3 activity in the melt is a strong controlling parameter. It is concluded that: (1) Apollo 11 (low K) and Apollo 17 high-Ti mare basalts may have been generated by the partial melting of an ilmenite-rich cumulate, (2) Apollo 11 (high K) basalts may have been generated by a small amount of partial melting of a more fractionated ilmenite-rich cumulate, (3) KREEP magmas may have been formed as residual melts produced by fractional crystallization of the lunar magma ocean, and (4) anomalous (type II) MOR basalts may have been generated by small degrees of partial melting of a relatively undepleted mantle with clinopyroxene remaining in the residium.

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