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FIGURES<br />

1.1 Magma Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

1.2 The CSD Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

1.3 Multiply Saturated Magmatic Solidification Front . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

1.4 Global Distribution of Large Igneous Provinces . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

2.1 Ontong Java Plateau Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

2.2 OJP Xenoliths from ODP Site 1183: Hand Sample and Petrographic<br />

Thin Section Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32<br />

2.3 OJP Xenoliths from ODP Site 807 and Malaita: Hand Sample and<br />

Petrographic Thin Section Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33<br />

2.4 ODP Site 1183 Stratigraphic Section and Locations of Xenoliths<br />

Examined in This study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

2.5 Backscatter Electron SEM images of ODP Site 1183 Phenocrysts 38<br />

2.6 Core to Rim Traverses of An (mol%) Content of Xenolith Plagioclase<br />

Crystals and LA-ICP-MS Analysis Locations . . . . . . . . . 51<br />

2.7 Measured Major and Trace Element Data Versus An (mol%) Content 62<br />

2.8 Measured MgO Versus An (mol%) Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63<br />

2.9 Trace Element Ratio Plots for OJP Plagioclase Parent Magmas . 66<br />

2.10 Calculated Major and Trace Element Data Versus An (mol%) Content 69<br />

2.11 A Schematic of a Possible OJP Magma Chamber System . . . . . 81<br />

3.1 Map of the Hawaiian Ridge and Emperor Seamount Chain and<br />

Bathymetric Map of Detroit Seamount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89<br />

3.2 Stratigraphy of igneous basement rocks recovered from ODP Sites<br />

1203 and 884 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90<br />

3.3 Measurement and Interpretation of Crystal Size Distributions . . 96<br />

3.4 Site 1203 CSD Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103<br />

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