A pressure-independent geothermometer for primitive mantle melts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B8, 2001, Pages 16205-16211

  Gudfinnsson, Gudmundur H ^a   Presnall, Dean C ^a,b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOMETRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELT; OLIVINE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0034803477     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb000066     Document Type: Article

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