Metal saturation in the upper mantle

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7161, 2007, Pages 456-458

  Rohrbach, Arno ^a,b   Ballhaus, Chris ^a   Golla Schindler, Ute ^b   Ulmer, Peter ^c   Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^d   Kuzmin, Dmitry V ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL; OXYGEN; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

FUGACITY; MANTLE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PETROLOGY; RHEOLOGY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; PETROLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34848836120     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06183     Document Type: Article

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