Solidus and liquidus profiles of chondritic mantle: Implication for melting of the Earth across its history

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 251-259

  Andrault, Denis ^a   Bolfan Casanova, Nathalie ^a   Nigro, Giacomo Lo ^a   Bouhifd, Mohamed A ^a   Garbarino, Gaston ^b   Mezouar, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Lower mantle melting curves; Properties of the magma ocean

Indexed keywords

ADIABATS; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; COOLING RATES; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND ANVIL CELLS; LIQUIDUS; LIQUIDUS CURVE; LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE MELTING; MELTING CURVES; MELTING PROPERTIES; METAL-SILICATE PARTITIONING; OPTICAL METHODS; PARTIAL MELTING; PROPERTIES OF THE MAGMA OCEAN; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; SIDEROPHILE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL BLANKETING; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

MELTING;

CHONDRITE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; LOWER MANTLE; MELTING; PARTITIONING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 79952629306     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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