Compressibility of molten Apollo 17 orange glass and implications for density crossovers in the lunar mantle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1161-1172

  Van Kan Parker, Mirjam ^a   Agee, Carl B ^b   Duncan, Megan S ^b   van Westrenen, Wim ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FORSTERITE; GLASS; LUNAR MANTLE; LUNAR SOIL; MANTLE PROCESS; MOON; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 78751704947     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.022     Document Type: Article

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