Phase relations and formation of sodium-rich majoritic garnet in the system Mg3Al2Si3O12- Na2MgSi5O12 at 7.0 and 8.5 GPa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Bobrov, Archi V ^a   Litvin, Yu A ^b   Bindi, L ^c   Dymshits, A M ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eclogite; High P T experiments; Na bearing majoritic garnet; Phase relations

Indexed keywords

COESITE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SODIUM;

EID: 45849120259     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0283-3     Document Type: Article

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