Abstract
Ferric and ferrous iron concentrations have been measured in 57 silicate liquids equilibrated at temperatures (1,200°–1,330°C) above the liquidus and at oxygen fugacities close to those defined by quartz-fayalite-magnetite. The experimental results reported here span virtually the entire known compositional range of lavas. An empirical equation relating the mole fraction of Fe2O3 and FeO to oxygen fugacity, absolute temperature and liquid composition at 1 bar has been formulated, based on the present experimental results and published data. Extrapolating the proposed empirical relationship over several hundred degrees, for instance below the solidus of the 1965 Makaopuhi tholeiitic lava lake, yields calculated oxygen fugacities which are a little lower than those measured directly in drill holes; at 1,100°C this discrepancy is 0.4 log unit. However, the agreement between the oxygen fugacities calculated from our empirical equation and those indicated by the composition of Fe-Ti oxides in andesites and siliceous obsidians is much closer.
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Sack, R.O., Carmichael, I.S.E., Rivers, M. et al. Ferric-ferrous equilibria in natural silicate liquids at 1 bar. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 75, 369–376 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00374720
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