Flotation of olivine and diamond in mantle melt at high pressure: Implications for fractionation in the deep mantle and ultradeep origin of diamond

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 101, Issue , 1997, Pages 227-239

  Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Akio ^a   Kato, Takumi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 85040127045     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM101p0227     Document Type: Chapter

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