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Basalt Genesis Across the Solar System: Observational and Experimental Studies of Shergottite and Eucrite Meteorites
DownloadSpring 2017
This thesis consists of three projects based on exploring igneous processes on two parent bodies: the HED (howardite-eucrite-diogenite) parent body and Mars. The HED parent body is an asteroidal parent body (possibly Vesta) that differentiated rapidly in the early solar system; Mars is a planet...
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Fall 2012
Phlogopite, an alkali-rich and water-bearing mineral, is a common phase in the Earth’s upper mantle. Its breakdown could generate melts or stabilize fluids that will metasomatize mantle rocks. To date, the effect of CO2 on phlogopite stability remains unconstrained. To evaluate the stability of...