An oxygen barometer for rutile-ilmenite assemblages: Oxidation state of metasomatic agents in the mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Zhao, Donggao ^a,b   Essene, Eric J ^a   Zhang, Youxue ^a  

^a 2534 CC Little Building ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Ilmenite; Kimberlite; Mantle; Metasomatic rocks; Oxygen; Rutile; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ILMENITE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; OXIDATION; RUTILE;

EID: 0033558829     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00281-7     Document Type: Article

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