Figure 9
Diffraction patterns acquired in the Paris–Edinburgh press from meridianiite (the Pb pressure marker is indicated with an asterisk). The lowermost pattern shows the expected peaks from meridianiite, which transform to a new phase on increasing the pressure from 0.77 to 0.91 GPa at 240 K. Further warming (the top five data sets) show the development of a new diffraction pattern, with signs of incipient melting close to room temperature at 1.1 GPa manifested by a reduction in the intensity of all Bragg peaks, which is more substantial for the inferred contributions from ice VI. |