Diffusion of rare earth elements in garnets and pyroxenes: Experiment, theory and applications

This thesis consists of three main chapters preceded by an introduction that discusses the importance of diffusion in minerals to constrain the geochemistry of various magmatic processes. The first chapter deals with the experimental technique and measurement of tracer element diffusion data in garn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tirone, Massimiliano
Other Authors: Ganguly, Jibamitra
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280005