Carbon speciation in the asthenosphere: Experimental measurements of the redox conditions at which carbonate-bearing melts coexist with graphite or diamond in peridotite assemblages

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 72-84

  Stagno, Vincenzo ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Diamond; Oxygen fugacity; Partial melting; Redox melting; Redox sensor

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PARTIAL MELTING; REDOX MELTING; REDOX SENSOR;

CALCIUM ALLOYS; CARBIDES; CARBONATE MINERALS; DIAMONDS; GARNETS; GRAPHITE; IRIDIUM; IRON ALLOYS; MELTING; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSORS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CARBONATION;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBONATE; DIAMOND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUGACITY; GARNET; GRAPHITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METHANE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 78149500278     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.038     Document Type: Article

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