Transport properties of Mg2SiO4 liquid at high pressure: Physical state of a magma ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 463-470

  Adjaoud, O ^a,b   Steinle Neumann, G ^a   Jahn, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

High pressure diffusivity; Magma ocean; Melt viscosity; Mg2SiO4 liquid

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS EXPRESSIONS; DYNAMIC REGIMES; EYRING EQUATION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-RA; ION DIFFUSION; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; LOW PRESSURES; MAGMA OCEAN; MELT VISCOSITIES; PHYSICAL STATE; POTENTIAL MODEL; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SCALING RELATIONS; SELF-DIFFUSIVITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE; VISCOSITY INCREASE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEAT FLUX; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUSSELT NUMBER; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; HEAT FLUX; HIGH PRESSURE; MAGMA; MAGNESIUM; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SILICON; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 81455160596     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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