The oxidation state of iron in silicic melt at 500 MPa water pressure

Abstract The dependence of the ferric–ferrous ratio in silicate melts on oxygen fugacity was studied in the system SiO2(Qz)–NaAlSi3O8(Ab)–CaAl2Si2O8(An)–H2O using Mossbauer spectroscopy. Experiments were performed under water-saturated conditions at 500 MPa, and at temperatures of 850 and 950 °C, covering a range typical for magmatic processes. The oxygen fugacity was varied in the fO2 range from Cu–Cu2O buffer to slightly more reducing conditions than the wustite–magnetite buffer. The iron redox ratio was determined by analyzing the Mossbauer parameter distribution that was modeled based on experimental spectra collected at room temperature on the quenched samples. The obtained iron redox …

Erratum to “The oxidation state of iron in silicic melt at 500 MPa water pressure” [Chem. Geol. 189 (2002) 55–67]