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Figure 6. Zr vs. Sc for the syn- and postbreakup basalts. The arrows show three discrete fractionation trends. Except for the dike from Site 990, all the postbreakup oceanic basalts follow the same trend, indicating that the melting conditions for the primary magmas stayed constant after breakup and that no further shallowing of the average melting depth took place. See text for details.

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