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Temperature Dependence and Recoil-free Fraction Effects in Olivines Across the Mg-Fe Solid SolutionOlivine and pyroxene are the major ferromagnesian minerals in most meteorite types and in mafic igneous rocks that are dominant at the surface of the Earth. It is probable that they are the major mineralogical components at the surface of any planetary body that has undergone differentiation processes. In situ mineralogical studies of the rocks and soils on Mars suggest that olivine is a widespread mineral on that planet s surface (particularly at the Gusev site) and that it has been relatively unaffected by alteration. Thus an understanding of the characteristics of Mossbauer spectra of olivine is of great importance in interpreting MER results. However, variable temperature Mossbauer spectra of olivine, which are needed to quantify recoil-free fraction effects and to understand the temperature dependence of olivine spectra, are lacking in the literature. Thus, we present here a study of the temperature dependence and recoil-free fraction of a series of synthetic olivines.
Document ID
20050175986
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sklute, E. C.
(Mount Holyoke Coll. South Hadley, MA, United States)
Rothstein, Y.
(Mount Holyoke Coll. South Hadley, MA, United States)
Dyar, M. D.
(Mount Holyoke Coll. South Hadley, MA, United States)
Schaefer, M. W.
(Louisiana State Univ. Baton Rouge, LA, United States)
Menzies, O. N.
(Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. London, United Kingdom)
Bland, P. A.
(Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. London, United Kingdom)
Berry, F. J.
(Open Univ. Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Part 18
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-12687
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG04GG12G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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