Title: Quantifying and correcting the effects of anisotropy in XANES measurements of chromium valence in olivine: Implications for a new olivine oxybarometer
Award ID(s):
1550929
PAR ID:
10063901
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
American Mineralogist
Volume:
102
Issue:
6
ISSN:
0003-004X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1165 to 1172
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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