Melting of mantle and core materials at very high pressures

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1711, 1996, Pages 1265-1278

  Boehler, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE; IRON; MAGNESIOWUSTITE; MANTLE; MELTING; P/T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 0030455013     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1996.0048     Document Type: Article

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