Melting of CaSiO3 perovskite to 430 kbar and first in-situ measurements of lower mantle eutectic temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 909-912

  Zerr, A ^a   Serghiou, G ^a   Boehler, R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI HALIDES; CARBON DIOXIDE; EUTECTICS; MELTING POINT; PEROVSKITE; MELTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; EUTECTIC MELTING; EUTECTIC MELTING TEMPERATURES; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURE; HEATING EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LOW MELTING; LOWER MANTLE;

MELTING; PEROVSKITE;

MELTING TEMPERATURE;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EUTECTIC TEMPERAURE; MANTLE (LOWER); MELTING EXPERIMENT; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 0031126640     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00829     Document Type: Article

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