Lithium defects and diffusivity in forsterite

Lithium is an important geochemical tracer used to infer the thermal and chemical evolution of minerals in the Earth’s upper mantle. Knowledge of point defect chemistry and diffusion is critical for the interpretation of Li distribution in minerals. Using quantum mechanical methods we show that in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang, Feiwu, Wright, Kathleen
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9077