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Constraints on mantle source compositions imposed by phosphorus and the rare-earth elements

Critical comments on the paper by A.E. Beswick and I.S.E. Carmichael (Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 67, 317–330, 1978)

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Our major conclusions are that the strong correlation of P2O5 and light REE abundances in basalts does not (a) require residual apatite or whitlockite during partial melting, or (b) imply that P2O5 and REE-rich magmas are derived from more refractory sources than the source of magmas with lower P2O5 and REE contents.

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  1. Center for Geoalchemy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Fred A. Frey, Michael F. Roden & Alan Zindler

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Frey, F.A., Roden, M.F. & Zindler, A. Constraints on mantle source compositions imposed by phosphorus and the rare-earth elements. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 75, 165–173 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00389776

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