Evidence for immiscibility in majorite garnet from experiments at 13-15 GPa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1641-1650

  Gasparik, Tibor ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GARNET; IMMISCIBILITY; MAJORITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0034113520     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00335-5     Document Type: Article

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