Fe-Mg partitioning between post-perovskite and ferropericlase in the lowermost mantle

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 487-496

  Sakai, Takeshi ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Terasaki, Hidenori ^a   Miyahara, Masaaki ^a   Nishijima, Masahiko ^b   Hirao, Naohisa ^c   Ohishi, Yasuo ^c   Sata, Nagayoshi ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Ferropericlase; Laser heated diamond anvil cell; Partition coefficient; Post perovskite

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FERROPERICLASE; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND ANVIL CELLS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POST-PEROVSKITE;

DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METAL RECOVERY; PEROVSKITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OXIDE MINERALS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; IRON OXIDE; LOWER MANTLE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PARTITIONING; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 77954217969     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-009-0349-4     Document Type: Article

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