The melting of Al-bearing perovskite at the core-mantle boundary

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 219-228

  Wang, Z W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Core mantle boundary; Perovskite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 0033402204     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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