Structural change in molten basalt at deep mantle conditions

Nature

Volumn 503, Issue 7474, 2013, Pages 104-107

  Sanloup, Chrystèle ^a,b   Drewitt, James W E ^a   Konôpková, Zuzana ^c   Dalladay Simpson, Philip ^a   Morton, Donna M ^a   Rai, Nachiketa ^d   Van Westrenen, Wim ^d   Morgenroth, Wolfgang ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; SILICATE;

BASALT; COMPRESSION; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; NICKEL; PARTITIONING; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICA; SILICATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVOLUTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84887343870     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12668     Document Type: Article

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