Quantification of the ferric/ferrous iron ratio in silicates by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy at the Fe L2,3 edges

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-434

  Bourdelle, Franck ^a,b   Benzerara, Karim ^a   Beyssac, Olivier ^a   Cosmidis, Julie ^a   Neuville, Daniel R ^c   Brown, Gordon E ^d,e   Paineau, Erwan ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^g CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

Author keywords

Ferric ferrous iron; Redox mapping; Silicate; STXM; XANES spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHLORITE; ILLITE; IRON; METAPELITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SILICATE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

GLARUS [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84880574889     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-013-0883-4     Document Type: Article

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