Argon solubility in silicate melts at very high pressures. Experimental set-up and preliminary results for silica and anorthite melts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 97-107

  Chamorro Perez, Eva ^a   Gillet, Philippe ^a   Jambon, Albert ^b  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anvil cells; Argon; High pressure; Melts; Ring silicates; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ARGON; SILICATE MELT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030427988     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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