Reaction of iron and silica at core-mantle boundary conditions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 243-247

  Dubrovinsky, L ^a   Dubrovinskaia, N ^a   Langenhorst, F ^a   Dobson, D ^a   Rubie, D ^a   Gessmann C ^b   Le Bihan, T ^c   Crichton, Wilson A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; High pressures and temperatures; Iron; Silica

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; IRON; P-T CONDITIONS; SILICA;

EID: 3042751096     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.07.028     Document Type: Article

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