Melting behavior of (Mg,Fe)O solid solutions at high pressure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Li ^a   Fei, Yingwei ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLUTIONS;

CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION; EARTH'S INTERIOR; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FERROPERICLASE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE MELTING; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; MELTING BEHAVIORS; RESISTANCE HEATING; ZERO PRESSURE;

MELTING;

GEODYNAMICS; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON OXIDE; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNESIUM; MELTING; PERICLASE; SOLID SOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 53749103469     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034585     Document Type: Article

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