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. 2017 Apr 17;375(2094):20150394. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0394

Table 1.

Solid-melt distribution coefficients and water saturation levels for mantle minerals.

mineral solid-melt distribution coefficient source H2O saturation (wt%) source
α-olivine 0.002 Aubaud et al. [47]Grant et al. [48]Koga et al. [49]Kohn & Grant [50] 0.12 Bell et al. [51]Hauri et al. [52]Koga et al. [49]Kohlstedt et al. [53]Inoue et al. [54]
clinopyroxene 0.02 Aubaud et al. [47]Koga et al. [49] 0.08 Bell & Rossman [55]Bolfan-Casanova & Keppler [56]Forneris & Holloway [57]Hauri et al. [52]
orthopyroxene 0.02 Aubaud et al. [47]Koga et al. [49] 0.15 Bell & Rossman [55]Hauri et al. [52]Rauch & Keppler [58]Keppler & Bolfan-Casanova [59]
plagioclase 0.001 0.051 Johnson & Rossman [60]
spinel 0.02 0.2
garnet 0.0008 Bell et al. [51] 0.07 Bolfan-Casanova & Keppler [56]
β-olivine (Wadsleyite) 0.1 Demouchy et al. [61]Kawamoto et al. [62] 2.4 Kawamoto et al. [62]Kohlstedt et al. [53]Inoue et al. [54]
majorite 0.003 Bolfan-Casanova & Keppler [56] 0.0675 Bolfan-Casanova & Keppler [56]
γ-olivine (Ringwoodite) 0.03 Bolfan-Casanova & Keppler [56]Kawamoto et al. [62] 2.5 Bolfan-Casanova & Keppler [56]Kohlstedt et al. [53]Ohtani et al. [63]Inoue et al. [54]
Mg-perovskite 0.0001 Bolfan-Casanova et al. [64] 0.001 Bolfan-Casanova et al. [64]Litasov et al. [65]
Fe-perovskite 0.0001 Bolfan-Casanova et al. [64] 0.0015 Litasov et al. [65]
Ca-perovskite 0.0001 0.004 Litasov et al. [65]
magnesiowüstite 0.008 Bolfan-Casanova et al. [64] 0.0075 Bolfan-Casanova et al. [64]
post-perovskite 0.0001 0.001