Partitioning of oxygen between the Earth's mantle and core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Frost, Daniel J ^b   Asahara, Yuki ^a   Rubie, David C ^b   Miyajima, Nobuyoshi ^b   Dubrovinsky, Leonid S ^b   Holzapfel, Christian ^c   Ohtani, Eiji ^d   Miyahara, Masaaki ^d   Sakai, Takeshi ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c Schleifring und Apparatebau GmbH   (Germany)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNESIOWUSTITE; OXYGEN; PARTITIONING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 76949093537     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006302     Document Type: Article

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