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Table 1

Initial melt compositions.

SiO2 MgO FeO Fe2O3 Al2O3 CaO Na2O TiO2 K2O
BSE(a) 45.97 36.66 8.24 0.0 4.77 3.78 0.35 0.18 0.04
Continental(b) 62.93 3.79 5.78 0.0 15.45 5.63 3.27 0.7 2.45
Oceanic(c) 50.36 7.61 9.56 0.0 15.85 12.24 2.77 1.48 0.13
Komatiite(d) 47.1 29.6 0.0 12.8 4.04 5.44 0.46 0.24 0.09
Mercury(e) 47.1 33.7 3.75 0.0 6.41 5.25 0.08 0.33 0.02

Notes.(a) Bulk Silicate Earth (Schaefer & Fegley 2009). (b) Continental crust (Wedepohl 1995). (c) Oceanic (Klein 2003). (d) Komattite (Schaefer & Fegley 2004).(e) Mercury (Morgan & Anders 1980).

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