Melting systematics in mid-ocean ridge basalts: Application of a plagioclase-spinel melting model to global variations in major element chemistry and crustal thickness
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Woods Hole Road MS #22, Woods Hole, MA 02543, email: [email protected], phone: 508-289-3637, fax: 508-457-2187. Melting systematics in mid-ocean ridge basalts: Application of a 1 plagioclase-spinel melting model to global variations in major element 2 chemistry and crustal thickness 3 4 Mark D. Behn and Timothy L. Grove, 5 6 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 7 02543 USA 8 Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 9 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA 10 11 12 Abstract: 13
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