Iron partitioning and density changes of pyrolite in Earth's lower mantle

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5962, 2010, Pages 193-195

  Irifune, Tetsuo ^a   Shinmei, Toru ^a   McCammon, Catherine A ^b   Miyajima, Nobuyoshi ^b   Rubie, David C ^b   Frost, Daniel J ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM; PEROVSKITE; PYROLYTIC CARBON;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; HIGH PRESSURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LOW PRESSURE; LOWER MANTLE; PYROLITE; SEISMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 74249084061     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1181443     Document Type: Article

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