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    The genesis of refractory melts in the formation of oceanic crust

    Refractory, primary liquids arising in various oceanic plate tectonic settings are characterized by high MgO, SiO2, Ca/Na, low TiO2 and generally low incompatible element abundances relative to primary liquids pa...

    R. A. Duncan, D. H. Green in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (1987)