The system diopside - Forsterite - Enstatite at 5.1 GPa: A ternary model for melting of the mantle

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 299-308

  Weng, Y H ^a   Presnall, D C ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diopside; Enstatite; Forsterite; Mantle; Melting; Peridotite; Phase relations

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MELTING; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

MANTLE;

MINERALOGY;

DIOPSIDE; ENSTATITE; FORSTERITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0035299480     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.299     Document Type: Article

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