Cation Disorder in Shocked Orthopyroxene
- 5 November 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 174 (4009) , 581-583
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.174.4009.581
Abstract
The distribution of magnesium and iron over the M1 and M2 positions in Bamle enstatite shocked at 1 megabar is highly disordered. It corresponds to an equilibrium distribution of at least 1000°C. The distribution in samples shocked at 450 kilobars or less is undisturbed.Keywords
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