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Latourrette et al. 1991
Latourrette, T.Z., Burnett, D.S. and Bacon, C.R. (1991). Uranium and Minor-Element Partitioning in Fe-Ti Oxides and Zircon from Partially Melted Granodiorite, Crater Lake, Oregon. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55(2): 457-469. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(91)90004-O.
Crystal-liquid partitioning in Fe-Ti oxides and zircon was studied in partially melted granodiorite blocks ejected during the climactic eruption of Mt. Mazama (Crater Lake), Oregon. The blocks, which contain up to 33% rhyolite glass (75 wt% SiO2), are interpreted to be portions of the magma chamber walls that were torn off during eruption. The glass is clear and well homogenized for all measured elements except Zr. Results for Fe-Ti oxides give D(U)oxide/liq almost-equal-to 0.1. Partitioning of Mg, Mn, Al, Si, V, and Cr in Fe-Ti oxides indicates that grains surrounded by glass are moderately well equilibrated with the melt for many of the minor elements, while those that are inclusions in relict plagioclase are not. Uranium and ytterbium inhomogeneities in zircons indicate that the zircons have only partially equilibrated with the melt and that uranium appears to have been diffusing out of the zircons faster than the zircons were dissolving. Minimum U, Y, and P concentrations in zircons give maximum D(U)zrc/liq = 13, D(Y)zrc/liq = 23, and D(P)zrc/liq = 1, but these are considerably lower than reported by other workers for U and Y. Based on our measurements and given their low abundances in most rocks, Fe-Ti oxides probably do not play a major role in U-Th fractionation during partial melting. The partial melts were undersaturated with zircon and apatite, but both phases are present in our samples. This demonstrates an actual case of non-equilibrium source retention of accessory phases, which in general could be an important trace-element fractionation mechanism. Our results do not support the hypothesis that liquid structure is the dominant factor controlling trace-element partitioning in high-silica rhyolites. Rough calculations based on Zr gradients in the glass indicate that the samples could have been partially molten for 800 to 8000 years.
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high-silica rhyolites, rare-earth elements, th-230-u-238 disequilibrium systematics, calcalkaline magma chamber, trace-elements, mount-mazama, decay series, coefficients, volcano, evolution
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
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