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Tracing hydrous eclogite melts in the source of sanukitoids

Authors: L.M. Spencer,C. Albert,H.M. Williams,O. Nebel,I.J. Parkinson,R.H. Smithies,H. Bruno,M. Fowler,H. Moreira,C.J. Lissenberg,M.-A. Millet
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Publish date: 2024-12
ISSN: 0012-821X DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119067
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This study gives great insights into the formation of sanukitoid magmas using Ti isotopes, but a few things could use more clarification. First, since the study supports a fluid-fluxed eclogite melting model, could the authors explain how temperature changes and pressure-related phase equilibria might have affected Ti isotope fractionation? Since rutile stability is key to this process, were any high-pressure experimental constraints considered to confirm its role under Archean conditions?

Also, the paper compares sanukitoid differentiation trends to modern calc-alkaline suites, but was crustal contamination taken into account? Given that the samples come from different cratonic settings with varying lithospheric compositions, a discussion on how crustal assimilation might have influenced the Ti isotope record would make the interpretations even stronger.

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