Titanium solubility in coexisting garnet and clinopyroxene at very high pressure: The significance of exsolved rutile in garnet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 591-601

  Zhang, R Y ^a   Zhai, S M ^b   Fei, Y W ^c   Liou, J G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet clinopyroxenite; High P experiment; Majorite; Rutile exsolution; Ti solubility

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; EXSOLUTION; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; MAJORITE; METAMORPHISM; RUTILE; TITANIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SULU BELT;

EID: 0348207629     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00551-X     Document Type: Article

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