Formation of a metastable olivine wedge in a descending slab

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 24627-24637

  Devaux, Jean Philippe ^b   Schubert, Gerald ^a,b   Anderson, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE SPINEL; P/T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; STABILITY; SUBDUCTED SLAB;

EID: 0031409654     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02334     Document Type: Article

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