Quantitative 3D measurement of ilmenite abundance in Alpe Arami olivine by confocal microscopy: Confirmation of high-pressure origin

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 596-603

  Bozhilov, Krassimir N ^a   Green II, Harry W ^a   Dobrzhinetskaya, Larissa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ILMENITE; SILICATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

3-D MEASUREMENT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; HIGH SOLUBILITY; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; INDIVIDUAL GRAINS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; TETRAHEDRAL SITES;

OLIVINE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH PRESSURE; ILMENITE; METAMORPHISM; MICROSCOPY; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY;

ALPE ARAMI; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037727943     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-0413     Document Type: Article

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