Geophysics: Fe-Mg interdiffusion in (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite and lower mantle reequilibration

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5741, 2005, Pages 1707-1710

  Holzapfel, Christian ^a,c   Rubie, David C ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Langenhorst, Falko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIFFUSION; PEROVSKITE; SILICON;

CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; FE-MG INTERDIFFUSION; INTENSE DEFORMATION; SELF-DIFFUSION;

IRON;

IRON; MAGNESIUM; PEROVSKITE; SILICON;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LOWER MANTLE; P-T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 24644469011     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111895     Document Type: Article

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