Descriptions of Petrolog software

"Why would I use Petrolog if I can use a different crystallisation 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

Danyushevsky LV 2001. The effect of small amounts of H2O on crystallisation of mid-ocean ridge and backarc basin magmas. J. Volcan. Geoth. Res. 110, No.3-4, 265-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00213-X

Publications presenting Petrolog4 calculation results

2026

Jia, L. et al. "Degassing in middle-crust magma chamber: Evidence from the texture and chemistry of the zonal clinopyroxene from the high magnesium basalt in Ganzhou Basin, Jiangxi, South China." Geochemistry 86 (2026): 126386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2026.126386

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

2025

2024

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

Hafsteinsdóttir. A.K. “The effect of microlite crystallization on melt compositions and derived magma temperatures in the 2021 and 2022 Fagradalsfjall eruptions”. B.S. Thesis in Geology. University of Iceland

Publications presenting Petrolog3 calculation results

Peng, J.et al. "Trace element proxies in seamount olivine reveal the ‘missing pyroxenite’and refertilized peridotite mantle beneath the East Pacific Rise." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 673 (2026): 119739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119739

2026

Li, Z. et al. “Elevated ilmenite in lunar nearside cumulates revealed by extremely high-Ti glass beads augmented large-scale volcanism.” Commun Earth Environ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03300-w

Bouvier, A.-S. et al. Low δ30Si values in olivine-hosted melt inclusions trace sediment contributions to subduction zone melts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 679, (2026) 119884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2026.119884

Pin, J. et al. "Reactivation of a transcrustal plumbing system during a rifting event (Asal Rift, Djibouti)." Geology (2026). https://doi.org/10.1130/G53776.1

Cadena, T. et al. "Bubbles in Youngest Toba Tuff melt inclusions reveal pre-eruptive magma vesicularity and perhaps why the eruption was so big." Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (2026): 108556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2026.108556

Gamaleldien, H. et al. “Crustal evolution and stabilization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: Constraints from whole-rock Sr-Nd and zircon U-Pb-Hf-O isotopes of bimodal volcanics”. Chemical Geology. 703 (2026): 123246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2026.123246

Su, B. et al. “Crust–mantle architecture of the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin from Chang’e-6 samples”. Commun Earth Environ 7, 28 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03056-9

Cui, X.-G. et al. “Evidence of heterogeneity in the mantle source of Quaternary Naozhou Island basalts from REEs and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes”. Lithos 522-523 (2026) : 108372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108372

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

2025

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

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

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