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Recovery of an oxidized majorite inclusion from Earth’s deep asthenosphere

Minerals recovered from the deep mantle provide a rare glimpse into deep Earth processes. We report the first discovery of ferric iron–rich majoritic garnet found as inclusions in a host garnet within an eclogite xenolith originating in the deep mantle. The composition of the host garnet indicates a...

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Autores principales: Xu, Cheng, Kynický, Jindřich, Tao, Renbiao, Liu, Xi, Zhang, Lifei, Pohanka, Miroslav, Song, Wenlei, Fei, Yingwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28435871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601589