Spherules with pure iron cores from Myanmar jadeitite: Type-I deep-sea spherules?

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1608-1620

  Shi, Guang Hai ^a,b   Zhu, Xiang Kun ^c   Deng, Jun ^a   Mao, Qian ^b   Liu, Ying Xin ^a   Li, Guo Wu ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMIUM; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; IRON; JADEITE; NICKEL; SERPENTINE; SPHERULE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MYANMAR;

SPHERULES;

EID: 79951518316     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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