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Science 20 June 2008:
Vol. 320. no. 5883, pp. 1600 - 1601
DOI: 10.1126/science.1160204
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GEOCHEMISTRY:
What Drives Iron Isotope Fractionation in Magma?

Stefan Weyer

Unlike other metals, magmatic melting and recrystallization fractionate iron isotopes, possibly because of the different oxidation states of iron.

Universitat Frankfurt, Institut fur Geowissenschaften, Altenhofer Allee 1, 60431 Frankfurt, Germany. E-mail: stefan.weyer{at}em.uni-frankfurt.de

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