Compressibility of water in magma and the prediction of density crossovers in mantle differentiation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1883, 2008, Pages 4239-4252

  Agee, Carl B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

High pressure; Magma ocean; Mantle differentiation; Water

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; CURVE FITTING; DATA COMPRESSION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); FORECASTING; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METALLIC GLASS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REFLECTIVE COATINGS; SILICATES; VELOCITY;

A DENSITIES; COMPRESSIBILITY OF WATERS; COMPRESSION CURVES; DENSITY CROSSOVERS; GREAT-ER; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURES; HYDROUS MOLTEN; HYDROUS SILICATES; LIQUID DENSITIES; LIQUID OXIDES; LOW PRESSURES; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE DIFFERENTIATION; MARTIAN MANTLES; PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUMES; PLANETARY DIFFERENTIATIONS; PRESSURE REGIMES; SEISMIC OBSERVATIONS; SILICATE MELTS; UPPER MANTLES;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF LIQUIDS;

MINERAL; SILICATE; WATER;

ASTRONOMY; PRESSURE;

EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; MINERALS; PRESSURE; SILICATES; WATER;

EID: 54049096402     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0071     Document Type: Article

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