Experimental calibration of aluminum partitioning between olivine and spinel as a geothermometer

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1142-1147

  Wan, Zhihuan ^a   Coogan, Laurence A ^a   Canil, Dante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Experiment; Olivine; Spinel; Thermometer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ATOMS; CALIBRATION; EXPERIMENTS; OLIVINE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOMETERS;

ATOMIC PROPORTION; CALIBRATION DATA; EXPERIMENTAL CALIBRATION; GEOTHERMOMETERS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SPINEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CHROMIUM ALLOYS;

ALUMINUM; CALIBRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; OLIVINE; PARTITIONING; SPINEL;

EID: 49549123329     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2758     Document Type: Article

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