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Nature Geoscience 1, 648 - 650 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo327
Subject Category: Volcanology, mineralogy and petrology
Mineral physics: The spin deep within
Stephen Stackhouse1
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Stephen Stackhouse is in the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Bldg, 1100 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1005, USA.
e-mail: sstackho@umich.edu
Abstract
The electronic configuration of iron impurities in lower-mantle minerals influences their physical properties, but it is not well constrained. New studies suggest that ferrous iron in silicate phases exists mainly in an intermediate spin state.
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