TY - JOUR
AU - Morse, S. A.
AB - JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY VOLUME 49 NUMBER12 PAGES 2157^2168 2008 doi:10.1093/petrology/egn063 Compositional ConvectionTrumps Silicate Liquid Immisciblity in Layered Intrusions: a Discussion of ‘Liquid immiscibility and the evolution of basaltic magma’ byVeksler et al., Journal of Petrology 48, 2187^2210 S. A. MORSE* DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES, 611 NORTH PLEASANT STREET, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, MA 01003-9297, USA RECEIVED JANUARY 22, 2008; ACCEPTED SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 ADVANCE ACCESS PUBLICATION DECEMBER 9, 2008 KEY WORDS: Skaergaard intrusion; immiscibility; compositional These are radical statements, intended as counter- convection; adcumulus growth; magma chambers hypotheses, potentially falsifiable, but here considered viable and worthy of further clarification. What this dis- cussion is not about is the subliquidus unmixing of Skaergaard liquids, among crystals, in the laboratory and INTRODUCTION in the intrusion, as will be discussed. The argument byVeksler et al.(2007a) is that silicate liquid The work of Veksler et al.(2007a) is an admirable immiscibility began in the Skaergaard intrusion near account of both failed and successful attempts to achieve the Magnetite event in the upper LZc. However, the liquid immiscibility under a variety of experimental condi- experimental design of their study is flawed by their tions including centrifugation. The main problems arise choice of bulk compositions unlike those 
TI - Compositional Convection Trumps Silicate Liquid Immisciblity in Layered Intrusions: a Discussion of ‘Liquid immiscibility and the evolution of basaltic magma’ by Veksler et al., Journal of Petrology 48, 2187–2210
JO - Journal of Petrology
DO - 10.1093/petrology/egn063
DA - 2008-12-09
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/compositional-convection-trumps-silicate-liquid-immisciblity-in-ok06l7SHFN
SP - 2157
EP - 2168
VL - 49
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
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