Stability of anhydrous phase B: Experimental studies and implications for phase relations in subducting slab and the X discontinuity in the mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Ganguly, Jibamitra ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FORSTERITE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MELTING; P-T CONDITIONS; PERICLASE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; RINGWOODITE; SLAB; STISHOVITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 33750498450     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003910     Document Type: Article

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