Mineralogy of the Earth - Trace Elements and Hydrogen in the Earth's Transition Zone and Lower Mantle

Treatise on Geophysics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-89

  Wood, B J ^a   Corgne, A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lower mantle; Trace elements partitioning; Transition zone; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882927011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00031-6     Document Type: Chapter

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