The stability and equation of state of majoritic garnet synthesized from natural basalt at mantle conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3377-3380

  Faust, J ^a   Knittle, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BUOYANCY; CURVE FITTING; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF SOLIDS; GARNETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEROVSKITE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; DATA COMPRESSION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; MINERALS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH PRESSURE STABILITY; OCEANIC CRUST SUBDUCTION;

TECTONICS; EQUATIONS OF STATE;

BASALT; BUOYANCY MODEL; GARNET; MAJORITE; MORB; SUBDUCTION; THOLEIITE;

EQUATION OF STATE; ISOTHERMAL BULK MODULUS; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND CELLS; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; SILICATE PEROVSKITE; STATIC COMPRESSION; THOLEIITIC BASALTS;

EID: 0030291993     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03027     Document Type: Article

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