Grain growth systematics for forsterite ± enstatite aggregates: Effect of lithology on grain size in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 10-20

  Hiraga, Takehiko ^a   Tachibana, Chihiro ^a   Ohashi, Naoki ^b   Sano, Satoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UBE INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

enstatite; forsterite; grain growth; grain size; lithology; mantle; secondary phase; upper mantle; Zener pinning

Indexed keywords

ENSTATITE; FORSTERITES; GRAIN SIZE; SECONDARY PHASE; UPPER MANTLE; ZENER-PINNING;

AGGLOMERATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH KINETICS; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

GRAIN GROWTH;

AGGREGATE; DEFORMATION; DUNITE; ENSTATITE; FORSTERITE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; GRAIN SIZE; LHERZOLITE; LITHOLOGY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; OLIVINE; SILICON; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 75949095456     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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