Argon diffusion in pyroxenes: Implications for thermochronometry and mantle degassing

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 407-416

  Cassata, William S ^a,b   Renne, Paul R ^a,b   Shuster, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Atmosphere; Diffusion; Mantle; Pyroxene; Thermochronometry

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS; ATMOSPHERE; BASALTIC MELTS; CLINOPYROXENES; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DIFFUSION KINETICS; DIFFUSIVE EQUILIBRATION; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GENERATION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANTLE; MANTLE DEGASSING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARENT BODIES; PLANETARY SCIENCE; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; PYROXENE; SHOCK HEATING; STEPWISE HEATING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMOCHRONOMETRY; UPPER MANTLE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGASSING; DIFFUSION; HEATING; LASER HEATING; METEORITES; POTASSIUM;

SILICATE MINERALS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEGASSING; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METEORITE; PARENT BODY; POTASSIUM; PYROXENE; REACTION KINETICS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 79953031031     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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