Experimental study of spinel-garnet phase transition in upper mantle and its significance

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-389

  Fan, Qicheng ^a   Liu, Ruoxin ^a   Xie, Hongsen ^a,b   Zhang, Yueming ^a,b   Xu, Ping ^a,c   Lin, Zhuoran ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

High temperature and high pressure experiment; Phase transition zone; Spinel garnet phase transition; Upper mantle of eastern China

Indexed keywords

GARNET; MANTLE; P/T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

EID: 0642337957     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02877569     Document Type: Article

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