Clays and the origin of life: The experiments

JT Kloprogge, H Hartman - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are three groups of scientists dominating the search for the origin of life: the organic
chemists (the Soup), the molecular biologists (RNA world), and the inorganic chemists …

Melting of garnet peridotite and the origin of komatiite and depleted lithosphere

MJ Walter - Journal of petrology, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Melting experiments on fertile peridotite KR4003, a 'pyrolitic'composition, were made from 3
to 7 GPa in piston-cylinder and multi-anvil apparatus. Temperature gradients across the …

Geochemistry of∼ 1.9 Ga sedimentary rocks from northeastern Labrador, Canada

KI Hayashi, H Fujisawa, HD Holland… - … et cosmochimica acta, 1997 - Elsevier
Fifty-eight rock chips from fifteen samples of sedimentary rocks from the Ramah Group (∼
1.9 Ga) in northeastern Labrador, Canada, were analyzed for major and minor elements …

An olivine cumulate outcrop on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

Y Liu, MM Tice, ME Schmidt, AH Treiman, TV Kizovski… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The geological units on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars, are part of a wider regional
stratigraphy of olivine-rich rocks, which extends well beyond the crater. We investigated the …

Anhydrous melting of peridotite at 0–15 kb pressure and the genesis of tholeiitic basalts

AL Jaques, DH Green - Contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 1980 - Springer
The anhydrous melting behaviour of two synthetic peridotite compositions has been studied
experimentally at temperatures ranging from near the solidus to about 200° C above the …

[BOOK][B] Igneous rocks and processes: a practical guide

R Gill, G Fitton - 2022 - books.google.com
IGNEOUS ROCKS AND PROCESSES A practical introduction to igneous petrology for
students and practitioners The newly revised Second Edition of Igneous Rocks and …

The komatiite testimony to ancient mantle heterogeneity

IS Puchtel, J Blichert-Toft, MF Horan, M Touboul… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Komatiites are crystallized samples of high-temperature, high-MgO lavas that were common
during the Archean, but became increasingly rarer in the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic …

Densities of Na2O-K2O-CaO-MgO-FeO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-TiO2-SiO2 liquids: new measurements and derived partial molar properties

RA Lange, ISE Carmichael - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1987 - Elsevier
The densities of 27 liquids in the system Na 2 OK 2 O-MgO-MgO-FeO-Fe 2 O 3-Al 2 O 3-TiO
2-SiO 2 have been measured using the double-bob Archimedean technique. These results …

Melting of a dry peridotite KLB‐1 up to 14 GPa: Implications on the origin of peridotitic upper mantle

E Takahashi - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Melting phase relations of a fertile lherzolite KLB‐1 have been studied in the pressure range
from 1 atm to 14 GPa (140 kbar). Olivine is the liquidus phase at all pressures studied. The …

[PDF][PDF] The influence of silicate: sulfide ratios on the geochemistry of magmatic sulfides

IH Campbell, AJ Naldrett - Economic Geology, 1979 - Citeseer
The Influence of Silicate: Sulfide Ratios on the Geochemistry of Magmatic Sulfides Page 1
SCIENTIFIC COMM UNICA TIONS 1503 Fleming, PD, and Fawcett, JJ, 1976, Upper stability of …