Reversal of the orthoferrosilite - High-P clinoferrosilite transition, a phase diagram for FeSiO3 and implications for the mineralogy of the Earth's upper mantle

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-254

  Woodland, Alan B ^a   Angel, Ross J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinoferrosilite; Ferrosilite; Mantle mineralogy; Phase equilibrium; X discontinuity

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON;

CLINOFERROSILITE; FERROSILITE; MONOCLINIC TRANSITION; MULTI-ANVIL PRESS; RECONSTRUCTIVE PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; X-DISCONTINUITY;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CLINOFERROSILITE; FERROSILITE; MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0030816338     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/2/0245     Document Type: Article

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