Rates of Fe, Mg, Mn, and Ca diffusion in garnet

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Carlson, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

And Ca in garnet; Diffusion; Fe; Kinetics; Metamorphic petrology; Mg; Mn

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; GARNETS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; TEMPERATURE;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CHEMICAL HISTORY; COMPOSITIONAL DEPENDENCE; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; DIFFUSION PROFILES; LOW TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE EXTRAPOLATIONS;

DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION; GARNET; MINERALOGY;

EID: 33645155230     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.2043     Document Type: Article

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