“Experimental petrology is a field of research concerned with experimentally determining the physical and chemical behaviour of rocks and their constituents. Since the Earth’s mantle and core are not directly accessible, we have to infer their composition and structure by indirect means.”
(https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/research-groups/experimental-petrology/)
Dalton, H. A., Musselwhite, D. S., Kiefer, W., & Treiman, A. H. (2005). Experimental petrology of the basaltic shergottite Yamato 980459: implications […]
Filiberto, J., Musselwhite, D. S., Gross, J., Burgess, K., Le, L., & Treiman, A. H. (2010). Experimental petrology, crystallization history, and parental […]
Anderson, D. (1976). Experimental Petrology. Science, 192(4240), 688-689. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.byui.idm.oclc.org/stable/1741665 Experimental petrology is important for Geologists because it helps them discover more fully […]
What is Experimental Petrology? Experimental Petrology. (n.d.). Retrieved September 23, 2017, from https://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/research-groups/experimental-petrology/ Experiment petrology is the study of chemical and […]