Experimentally dictated stability of carbonated oceanic crust to moderately great depths in the Earth: Results from the solidus determination in the system CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-CO2

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Keshav, Shantanu ^a   Gudfinnsson, Gudmundur H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CARBONATE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESITE; MELTING; OCEANIC CRUST; PHASE TRANSITION; STISHOVITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 78049272884     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006457     Document Type: Article

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