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The significance of the melting interval of basaltic magmas at various pressures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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The melting intervals of basaltic magmas are investigated in detail at various pressures, as the size of the interval has an important bearing on the genesis of igneous rocks. Tholeiitic magmas do not have a more pronounced four phase proximity at low pressures than at higher ones. This result seems to oppose the generally accepted low pressure character of these magmas; but as there is a general decrease in melting intervals with increasing pressure, the four phase proximity is nevertheless sustained. The melting intervals of alkaline rocks decrease rapidly with increasing pressure. Small variations in the temperature may therefore generate large variations in the composition of the liquids developed at high pressures.
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