Melting phase relations in the MgO-MgSiO 3 system between 16 and 26GPa: Implications for melting in Earth's deep interior

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 345-348, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-170

  Liebske, Christian ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Eutectic composition; Lower mantle; Melting

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE-BOUNDARY; ENDMEMBERS; EUTECTIC COMPOSITION; EUTECTIC MELT; FEO CONTENT; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID MIXING; LIQUIDUS; LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURE; LITERATURE MODELS; LOWER MANTLE; LOWER MANTLE PRESSURES; MELT FRACTION; MELTING CURVES; MELTING PHASE; MGO; MULTI-CHAMBER; PARTIAL MELT; PHASE RELATION; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE RANGES; SHARP TRANSITION; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE; STARTING COMPOSITION; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; UPPER BOUNDARY;

EUTECTICS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IRON OXIDES; MELTING; MELTING POINT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNESIUM; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SILICON;

EID: 84864056384     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.038     Document Type: Article

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