Survival of pyropic garnet in subducting plates

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 274-280

  Nishi, Masayuki ^a   Kato, Takumi ^a   Kubo, Tomoaki ^a   Kikegawa, Takumi ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Majorite; Majoritic garnet; Subducting plate; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DISSOLUTION; GARNETS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OLIVINE; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU; KINETIC ASPECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAJORITE; MAJORITIC GARNET; PRESSURE PHASES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTING PLATES; TRANSITION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONES; WADSLEYITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

GARNET; MAJORITE; PYROXENE; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 54049093630     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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