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Microstructures in titanomagnetites as guides to cooling rates of a Swedish intrusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

G. D. Price*
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Cambridge, Downing PlaceCambridge CB2 3EW

Summary

Iron-titanium oxides from Taberg in Sweden exhibit under the electron microscope several microstructural features not visible when studied by optical microscopy, including homogeneous nucleation of magnetitess from ulvöspinelss, and the spinodal decomposition of magnetitesss. Such microstructures have promise as indicators of cooling rates.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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