This page lists publications that describe Petrolog software, and recent publications that present results of calculations performed with either Petrolog4 or Petrolog3.
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Descriptions of Petrolog software
"Why would I use Petrolog if I can use a different modelling software?" Presentation on this website
Danyushevsky LV, Plechov P 2011. Petrolog3: Integrated software for modeling crystallization processes. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 12, Q07021. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003516
Publications presenting Petrolog4 calculation results
Kazzy, C. et al. "Strontium isotope and trace element compositions of olivine-hosted melt inclusions from the Song Da ultramafic volcanic suite, northern Vietnam: Implications for chemical heterogeneity in mantle plumes. "Chemical Geology674 (2025): 122564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122564
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Kazzy, C. et al. "Study of olivine-hosted melt and spinel inclusions from the Song Da ultramafic volcanic suite, northern Vietnam: Compositions, crystallization temperatures, and origin of the low-Ti komatiite-like and high-Ti primary melts." Chemical Geology 662 (2024): 122219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122678
Jaques, A. L. "Petrology, Geochemistry and Mantle Minerals of the Walgidee Hills Lamproite, West Kimberley, Western Australia." Journal of Petrology 65.5 (2024): egae040. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egae040
Publications presenting Petrolog3 calculation results
Durkin, K., et al. "Widespread contamination of the Pacific upper mantle during the mid-Cretaceous." Marine Geology 480 (2025): 107460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107460
Cui X. et al. "Polybaric heterogeneous mush zones: From deep to shallow beneath the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 658 (2025): 119325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119325
Gartner A. et al. "Orogenic lamproites from Italy formed by mixing of highly potassic and shoshonitic melts." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 654 (2025): 119228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119228
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Kim, C. et al. "Magma pathway model by geothermobarometry: rapid ascent of basaltic magma of Hantangang Pillow Lava, South Korea." Episodes Journal of International Geoscience 48.1 (2025): 95-104. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2024/024020
Kim, D. et al. "Upper mantle scale enrichment of Cenozoic intraplate magmatism in Northeast Asia: He-Sr-Nd-Pb-O isotope geochemistry of the basalts around the Korean peninsula." Gondwana Research 137 (2025): 349-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2024.09.016
Li, C. et al. "Nature of early Mesoproterozoic magmatism in the Qilian-North Qaidam tectonic belt, NW China: Implications for prolonged extension processes and transition from Columbia to Rodinia." Gondwana Research 126 (2024): 322-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2023.10.010