Compositional change of majoritic garnet in a MORB composition from 7 to 17 GPa and 1400 to 1600°C

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 171-179

  Ono, Shigeaki ^a   Yasuda, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARNET; MAJORITE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; MORB; PHASE RELATIONS;

EID: 0030452439     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(96)03149-4     Document Type: Article

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