Silicate and oxide exsolution in pseudo-spinifex olivine from metaultramafic rocks of the Betic ophiolitic association: A TEM study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1915-1924

  Ruiz Cruz, M D ^a   Puga, E ^b   Nieto, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ILMENITE; IRON ALLOYS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; OLIVINE; SERPENTINE; SILICATES; TALC; TERNARY ALLOYS; TEXTURES; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; BETIC CORDILLERA; CONSISTENT ORIENTATIONS; HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKED; ILMENITE PARTICLE; MAGNETITE PARTICLES; METAMORPHIC EVENTS; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXSOLUTION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OLIVINE; OPHIOLITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

BETIC CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 0033390305     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-11-1219     Document Type: Article

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