Grain boundaries: A possible water reservoir in the Earth's mantle?

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Sommer, H ^a,b   Regenauer Lieb, K ^a,c,d   Gasharova, B ^e   Siret, D ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HYDROUS MINERAL; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OLIVINE; RESERVOIR; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 40449105688     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-008-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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