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Using apatite to dispel the “trapped liquid” concept and to understand the loss of interstitial liquid by compaction in mafic cumulates: an example from the Stillwater Complex, Montana by Meurer, W. P., Meurer, M. E. S.

“…The size, paragenetic setting, distribution, and composition of apatite grains in 16 thin sections from one sample of an olivine gabbro from the Stillwater…”
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Using LA-ICPMS Mapping and Sector Zonation to Understand Growth and Trace-Element Partitioning in Sector-Zoned Clinopyroxene Oikocrysts from the Norra Ulvö Gabbro, Sweden by Claeson, D. T., Meurer, W. P., Hogmalm, K. J., Larson, S.-Å.

“…Petrographic analysis and geochemical mapping are used to characterize sector-zoned clinopyroxene oikocrysts from the Norra Ulvö Gabbro, Sweden. The sector…”
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Chromatographic separation of the platinum-group elements, gold, base metals and sulfur during degassing of a compacting and solidifying igneous crystal pile by Boudreau, A. E., Meurer, W. P.

“…The major platinum-group elements (PGE) concentrations in layered intrusions are typically associated with zones in which the sulfide abundance begins to…”
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Compaction of Igneous Cumulates Part Ii: Compaction and the Development of Igneous Foliations by Meurer, W. P., Boudreau, A. E.

“…Quantitative petrofabric analysis of 66 samples from olivine‐bearing zones III and IV of the Middle Banded series of the Stillwater complex, Montana, was…”
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Compaction of Igneous Cumulates Part I: Geochemical Consequences For Cumulates and Liquid Fractionation Trends by Meurer, W. P., Boudreau, A. E.

“…The importance of crystallization during compaction of an 800 m section of cumulates in Olivine‐bearing zones III and IV of the Stillwater complex is assessed…”
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Evolution of Crystallizing Interstitial Liquid in an Arc-Related Cumulate Determined by LA ICP-MS Mapping of a Large Amphibole Oikocryst by MEURER, WILLIAM P., CLAESON, DICK T.

“…High-resolution chemical mapping of a large, single, oikocrystic amphibole grain from the Eriksberg gabbro, by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass…”
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Slow cooling of middle and lower oceanic crust inferred from multicomponent magnetizations of gabbroic rocks from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Kane fracture zone (MARK) area by Gee, J., Meurer, W. P.

“…The remanent magnetization of gabbroic material of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge south of the Kane fracture zone (MARK) area provides constraints on both the thermal…”
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Apatite compositions from oceanic cumulates with implications for the evolution of mid-ocean ridge magmatic systems by Meurer, W.P., Natland, J.H.

“…Apatite distributions and compositions from cumulates from the EPR at Hess Deep, the MAR at the Kane Transform, and the SWIR at ODP Hole 735B were determined…”
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Petrology and Mineral Compositions of the Middle Banded Series of the Stillwater Complex, Montana by MEURER, W. P., BOUDREAU, A. E.

“…The two olivine-bearing zones of the Middle Banded series of the Stillwater Complex are characterized by an increase in the number of cumulus minerals with…”
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An evaluation of models of apatite compositional variability using apatite from the Middle Banded series of the Stillwater Complex, Montana by Meurer, W. P., Boudreau, Alan E.

“…Apatite is a relatively common accessory mineral in the olivine-bearing zones (OB-III and OB-IV) of the Middle Banded series of the Stillwater complex,…”
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Fluid regime of platinum group elements (PGE) and gold-bearing reef formation in the Dovyren mafic-ultramafic layered complex, eastern Siberia, Russia by Konnikov, E. G., Meurer, W. P., Neruchev, S. S., Prasolov, E. M., Kislov, E. V., Orsoev, D. A.

“…The Dovyren layered dunite-troctolite-gabbro massif (northern Transbaikalia region, Russia) contains precious metal mineralization related to sparsely…”
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Compaction of Density-Stratified Cumulates: Effect on Trapped-Liquid Distribution by Meurer, W. P., Boudreau, A. E.

“…Igneous rocks formed by the accumulation of crystals from a cooling magma body compose a significant fraction of both the terrestrial oceanic crust and the…”
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The effect of remanence anisotropy on paleointensity estimates: a case study from the Archean Stillwater Complex by Selkin, P.A, Gee, J.S, Tauxe, L, Meurer, W.P, Newell, A.J

“…Paleomagnetism of Archean rocks potentially provides information about the early development of the Earth and of the geodynamo. Precambrian layered intrusive…”
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Character and significance of spectacular layering features developed in the thin, alkali-basaltic sills of the Ulvö Gabbro Complex, Sweden by Larson, S. Å., Hogmalm, K. J., Meurer, W. P.

“…Summary The Ulvö Gabbro Complex consists of alkali-olivine basaltic circular bodies ∼30–80 km in diameter. These intrusions were emplaced at shallow depths (∼3…”
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Evidence for the protracted construction of slow-spread oceanic crust by small magmatic injections by Meurer, William P., Gee, Jeff

“…Gabbroic cumulates drilled south of the Kane Transform Fault on the slow-spread Mid-Atlantic Ridge preserve up to three discrete magnetization components. Here…”
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Noble gases solubility models of hydrocarbon charge mechanism in the Sleipner Vest gas field by Barry, P.H., Lawson, M., Meurer, W.P., Warr, O., Mabry, J.C., Byrne, D.J., Ballentine, C.J.

“…Noble gases are chemically inert and variably soluble in crustal fluids. They are primarily introduced into hydrocarbon reservoirs through exchange with…”
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Metal redistribution during fluid exsolution and migration in the Middle Banded series of the Stillwater Complex, Montana by Meurer, W.P, Willmore, C.C, Boudreau, A.E

“…Olivine-bearing zones III and IV (OB-III and -IV) of the Stillwater Complex, MT preserve evidence of fluid migration particularly in the variation of apatite…”
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Quantitative estimates of oil-seepage rates from satellite imagery with implications for oil generation and migration rates by Meurer, W.P., Daneshgar Asl, S., O'Reilly, C., Silva, M., MacDonald, I.R.

“…A new approach to quantifying oil fluxes from natural seafloor seepage sites based on the dynamic characteristics of floating oil slicks is presented. It…”
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The relationship between chlorapatite and PGE-rich cumulates in layered intrusions; the Klappsjo Gabbro, north-central Sweden, as a case study by Meurer, William P, Hellstrom, Fredrik A, Claeson, Dick T

“…The Kläppsjö gabbro hosts two known horizons that show enrichments in PGE and Au, and are associated with chlorapatite (Cl 0.32-5.95 wt %). Unlike the…”
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Basalt compositions from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the SMARK area (22°30′N to 22°50′N) – implications for parental liquid variability at isotopically homogeneous spreading centers by Meurer, W.P, Sturm, M.A, Klein, E.M, Karson, J.A

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