Analytical transmission electron microscopy study of a natural MORB sample assemblage transformed at high pressure and high temperature

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-153

  Ricolleau, Angèle ^a,f   Fiquet, Guillaume ^a   Addad, Ahmed ^b   Menguy, Nicolas ^a   Vanni, Christian ^c   Perrillat, Jean Philippe ^d   Daniel, Isabelle ^d   Cardon, Hervé ^d   Guignot, Nicolas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminous phases; ATEM; High pressure MORB samples; High pressure phases; Lower mantle; Perovskite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; PEROVSKITE; SILICA; SILICATES; TRANSMISSIONS;

ALUMINOUS PHASES; ATEM; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASIS; LOWER MANTLE;

ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PEROVSKITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 38649119116     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2532     Document Type: Article

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