A new chemical etching technique for peridotites using molten anhydrous borax

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-583

  Ohuchi, Tomohiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrous borax; Etching; Grain boundary; Interphase boundary; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

BORATE MINERALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMAGE PROCESSING; SODIUM BORATE;

ANHYDROUS BORAX; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGES; CHEMICAL ETCHING TECHNIQUE; IMAGE-PROCESSING SOFTWARE; INTERPHASE BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MOLTEN CARBONATE; PERIDOTITE;

ETCHING;

ETCHING; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PERIDOTITE;

EID: 33646449561     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1995     Document Type: Article

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