Table T3. Calculated compositions of primary melts and equilibrated olivine.
Hole:
187-1155A-
187-1155B-
187-1156A-
187-1161A-
187-1160B-
Core, section:
5R-1
4R-2
2R-3
3R-2
3R-1
4R-1
9R-1
Interval (cm):
20-23
22-26
113-136
19-22
68-69
59-62
125-129
MORB province:
Indian
Indian
Indian
Indian
Indian
Pacific
Pacific
Step:
4
0
4
1
4
4
7
Equilibrated melt (wt%):




SiO2 50.97 50.30 51.01 50.66 51.60 49.66 49.49
TiO2 1.61 1.06 1.35 1.28 1.40 1.16 0.98
Al2O3 14.14 17.44 14.95 16.53 14.96 14.99 14.90
FeO* 9.98 7.86 8.79 8.08 8.68 9.09 8.76
MnO 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.12
MgO 9.42 8.20 9.79 8.47 9.55 10.53 11.70
CaO 10.27 11.94 11.13 11.76 10.60 11.65 11.58
Na2O 2.99 2.69 2.57 2.72 2.80 2.61 2.36
K2O 0.24 0.25 0.11 0.23 0.11 0.07 0.04
P2O5 0.21 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.16 0.09 0.07
Ni (ppm) 168.0 156.0 188.6 156.9 190.0 209.7 234.9
Mg# 0.63 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.66 0.67 0.70
Equilibrated Ol composition:




NiO (wt%) 0.296 0.321 0.328 0.313 0.339 0.342 0.351
Mg# 86.8 87.9 88.5 87.9 88.4 88.9 90.2
Norm ratio:






Ol 51.3 50.8 46.9 48.1 46.5 55.5 56.5
PI 34.9 39.4 32.4 39.1 30.4 40.2 35.4
Silica 13.9 9.8 20.7 12.8 23.1 4.3 8.1

Note: Ol = olivine, Pl = plagioclase.