The compatibility of rhenium and osmium in natural olivine and their behaviour during mantle melting and basalt genesis

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Rhenium and osmium (Re-Os) elemental abundances have been obtained for magmatic olivine from a range of host basalt compositions, for mantle olivine and coexisting phases (silicate and sulphide) from a spinel-peridotite, and olivine and Fe-Ni metal from Pallasite meteorites. These data indicate that Re and Os concentrations in olivine are low in both mantle and magmatic environments, and both elements preferentially partition into silicate melt, sulphide or Fe-Ni metal, relative to olivine. F...

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Authors: Burton, K; Gannoun, A; Birck, J; Allegre, C; Schiano, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
• Volume: 198
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 63-76
• Publication date: 2002-04-30
• DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00518-6
• ISSN: 0012-821X
• Language: English
• Keywords: iron; osmium; olivine; sulfides; nickel; rhenium; basalts; partition coefficients