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Mafic layered intrusions

Mafic layered intrusions. Rounded olivine grains: texturally equilibrated with melt?. olivine. olivine. clinopyroxene. olivine. Mafic layered intrusions. Rounded olivine grains: texturally equilibrated with melt?. olivine. olivine. clinopyroxene. So what happens after solidification?.

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Mafic layered intrusions

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  1. Mafic layered intrusions Rounded olivine grains: texturally equilibrated with melt? olivine olivine clinopyroxene olivine

  2. Mafic layered intrusions Rounded olivine grains: texturally equilibrated with melt? olivine olivine clinopyroxene

  3. So what happens after solidification? Randomly impinging planar-sided grains Texturally equilibrated mush

  4. So what happens after solidification? Texturally equilibrated solid Randomly impinging planar-sided grains Texturally equilibrated mush

  5. olivine cpx olivine

  6. olivine olivine olivine cpx olivine

  7. cpx plag

  8. The angle tells us about thermal history Mantle xenolith Cumulate How hot for how long? Dihedral angles are the textural canary

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