Low ferric iron content of (Mg,Fe)O at high pressures and temperatures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1589-1592

  McCammon, Catherine ^a   Peyronneau, Jean ^b   Poirier, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IRON; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL EXPERIMENTS; FERRIC IRON; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE TRANSITIONS; MULTI ANVILS; NEW RESULTS; OXYGEN FUGACITY;

HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; TECTONICS;

OXYGEN FUGACITY;

FERRIC IRON; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANTLE ROCK;

EID: 0032523575     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01178     Document Type: Article

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