High pressure transitions in the system MgAl2O4-CaAl2O4: A new hexagonal aluminous phase with implication for the lower mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-77

  Akaogi, M ^a   Hamada, Y ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Okada, M ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CaAl2O4; Calcium ferrite; Hexagonal aluminous phase; High pressure phase transition; Lower mantle; MgAl2O4

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE; HIGH PRESSURE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0032695730     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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