Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) of phenocryst pyroxenes suggests magma T 970o-1130oC. Differences in volatiles, especially H2O, seem to control these T variations. -K.A.R.
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Ishii, T. (1981). Pyroxene geothermometry of basalts and an andesite from the Palau- Kyushu and West Mariana ridges, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 59. Initial Reports of the D.S.D.P., 59, 693–718. https://doi.org/10.2973/dsdp.proc.59.131.1981
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