Mg-Fe interdiffusion rates in wadsleyite and the diffusivity jump at the 410-km discontinuity

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 456-464

  Kubo, Tomo ^a,b   Shimojuku, A ^a   Ohtani, E ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic diffusion; Mantle transition zone; Olivine; Wadsleyite; Water

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); OXYGEN; WATER;

BOLTZMAN-MATANO EQUATION; DIFFUSIVITY; WADSLEYITE; WATER CONTENTS;

MINERALOGY;

DIFFUSION; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; OLIVINE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 4544379177     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-004-0412-0     Document Type: Article

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