Melting experiments of a chondritic meteorite between 16 and 25 GPa: Implication for Na/K fractionation in primitive chondritic Earth's mantle

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-211

  Chen, Ming ^a,b   El Goresy, Ahmed ^b   Frost, Dan ^c   Gillet, Philippe ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Alkali element; Chondritic meteorite; Fractionation; High pressure; Melting experiment

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GARNETS; MELTING; METEORITES; PEROVSKITE; SILICON; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI ELEMENTS; CHONDRITIC METEORITES; EARTH'S MANTLE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASIS; PRESSURE RANGES; SILICATE MELTS;

HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING;

CHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; METEORITE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 2142661719     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0203     Document Type: Article

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