Mantle solidus: Experimental constraints and the effects of peridotite composition

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2000, Pages

  Hirschmann, Marc M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

high pressure experiments; mantle; melting; Peridotite; solidus

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENT; MANTLE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERIDOTITE; SOLIDUS; SOLIDUS TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

MELTING;

EID: 84910026251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000070     Document Type: Article

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