PaulickR Documentation

Al2O3/SiO2 - MgO/SiO2 (Paulick et al. 2006)

Description

Assigns data for Al2O3/SiO2 vs. MgO/SiO2 binary diagram into Figaro template (list 'sheet') and appropriate values into 'x.data' and 'y.data'.

Usage

Paulick()

Arguments

None.

Details

According to Paulick et al. (2006), the global analyses of mantle peridotites form a 'Terrestrial Array' in the binary plot Al2O3/SiO2 vs. MgO/SiO2. This linear correlation reflects the successive magmatic depletion of a primitive mantle and highly depleted compositions are characterized by low Al2O3/SiO2 values (<0.01; Jagoutz et al. 1979; Hart and Zindler 1986).

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Value

sheet

list with Figaro Style Sheet data

x.data

x coordinates

y.data

y coordinates

Author(s)

Vojtech Janousek, vojtech.janousek@geology.cz

References

Hart SR, Zindler A (1986) In search of a Bulk-Earth composition. Chem Geol 57: 247-267 doi: 10.1016/10.1016/0009-2541(86)90053-7

Jagoutz E, Palme H, Baddenhausen H, Blum K, Cendales M, Dreibus G, Spettel B, Waenke H, Lorenz V (1979) The abundances of major, minor and trace elements in the Earth's mantle as derived from primitive ultramafic nodules. Geochim Cosmochim Acta Suppl 10: 2031-2050

Paulick H, Bach W, Godard M, De Hoog JCM, Suhr G, Harvey J (2006) Geochemistry of abyssal peridotites (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 15o20'N, ODP Leg 209): implications for fluid/rock interaction in slow spreading environments. Chem Geol 234: 179-210 doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.04.011

See Also

figaro plotDiagram

Examples

# plot the diagram
# assuming a dataset is loaded, of course!
## Not run:  
plotDiagram("Paulick",FALSE,TRUE)

## End(Not run)