Variation in oxygen fugacity with depth in the upper mantle beneath the Kaapvaal craton, Southern Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 295-310

  Woodland, A B ^a   Koch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archean atmosphere; Kaapvaal Craton; Oxygen fugacity; Peridotite xenoliths; Redox state; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DEGASSING; FUGACITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS; UPPER MANTLE;

KAAPVAAL CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0141683982     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00379-0     Document Type: Article

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