Stability of Na2Mg2Si2O7 and melting relations on the forsterite-jadeite join at pressures up to 22 GPa

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-326

  Gasparik, Tibor ^a   Litvin, Yuriy A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Forsterite jadeite join; High pressure experiments; Melting relations; Multianvil press; Na2Mg2Si2O7

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MELTING; OLIVINE; SILICON; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CLINOPYROXENES; FORSTERITES; HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENT; MELTING CURVES; MULTI-ANVIL PRESS; NA2MG2SI2O7; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONES;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

FORSTERITE; JADEITE; PHASE RELATIONS;

EID: 0030847858     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/2/0311     Document Type: Article

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