Solidus of alkaline carbonatite in the deep mantle

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-82

  Litasov, Konstantin D ^a   Shatskiy, Anton ^a,b   Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Yaxley, Gregory M ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CARBONATITES; ECLOGITES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; SILICATE MANTLES; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE;

MELTING; SILICATES; SODIUM;

CARBONATION;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CARBONATITE; DIAPIR; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MASS BALANCE; MELTING; POTASSIUM; SILICATE; SODIUM; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84872141877     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33488.1     Document Type: Article

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