Divalent chromium in ferropericlase inclusions in lower-mantle diamonds revealed by micro-XANES measurements

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 350-353

  Odake, Shoko ^a   Fukura, Satoshi ^a   Arakawa, Masashi ^a   Ohta, Atsuyuki ^b   Harte, Ben ^c   Kagi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cr oxidation state; Ferropericlase; Lower mantle; Synchrotron radiation source; XANES

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349088849     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.080620d     Document Type: Article

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