Thermodynamics of silicate liquids in the deep Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 226-232

  Stixrude, Lars ^a   de Koker, Nico ^b   Sun, Ni ^b   Mookherjee, Mainak ^c   Karki, Bijaya B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d Louisiana State University   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

core mantle boundary; Earth's mantle; origin of Earth; silicate liquids

Indexed keywords

BULK IRONS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH'S MANTLE; FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; FREEZING-POINT DEPRESSIONS; GEOPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; ISENTROPES; LIQUID STATE; MAGMA OCEANS; MELTING CURVES; MELTING TEMPERATURES; MULTI COMPONENTS; ORIGIN OF EARTH; PARTIAL-MELTING; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; REASONABLE VALUES; SILICATE LIQUIDS; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURES; SOUND VELOCITIES; ULTRA-LOW VELOCITY ZONES;

DYNAMICS; MELTING; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SILICATES;

LIQUIDS;

COMPRESSION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; PARTIAL MELTING; SILICATE; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 60649111662     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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