Oxidation state of iron in tektite glasses from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 445-452

  Oskarsson, N ^a   Helgason, O ^b   Sigurdsson, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; MELTING; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

AMORPHOUS SILICATES; HIGH OXIDATION STATE; INCIPIENT MELTING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; REDOX STATE OF IRON; SOURCE MATERIAL; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPIES;

GLASS;

CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; FAYALITE; FUGACITY; MAGNETITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MELTING; OXIDATION; TEKTITE;

BELOC; HAITI; HISPANIOLA;

EID: 84870835994     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.445     Document Type: Article

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