A new hydrous silicate, a water reservoir, in the upper part of the lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1047-1050

  Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Mizobata, Hiroki ^a   Kudoh, Yasuhiro ^a   Nagase, Toshiro ^a   Arashi, Haruo ^a   Yurimoto, Hisayoshi ^b   Miyagi, Isoji ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; SILICATES; PEROVSKITE; TECTONICS; WATER;

ATOMIC RATIO; CHEMICAL FORMULAE; HEXAGONAL UNIT CELLS; HYDROUS SILICATE; LOWER MANTLE CONDITION; MG-PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE RANGES; SIMS ANALYSIS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER); SILICATE MINERALS;

GEOLOGIC SLABS; HYDROUS SILICATES;

HYDROUS SILICATE; LOWER MANTLE; PHASE G; WATER;

EID: 0031147646     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00874     Document Type: Article

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