Stability of the high-pressure polymorph of zircon (ZrSiO4) in the deep mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 223-229

  Tange, Yoshinori ^a   Takahashi, Eiichi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decomposition; High pressure experiment; High pressure transition; Zircon; ZrSiO4

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; LOWER MANTLE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMORPHISM; ZIRCON;

EID: 2442573711     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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