Water partitioning at 660 km depth and evidence for very low water solubility in magnesium silicate perovskite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Bolfan Casanova, Nathalie ^a   Keppler, Hans ^a   Rubie, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER;

WATER PARTITIONING;

GEOPHYSICS;

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PARTITIONING; PEROVSKITE; SOLUBILITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0348108159     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017182     Document Type: Article

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