Crystal chemistry of forsterite: A first-principles study

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 663-671

  Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^a   Stixrude, Lars ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMPRESSION MECHANISM; COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; COORDINATION POLYHEDRA; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PRESSURE MEDIUM;

OLIVINE;

EID: 0007187248     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-7-802     Document Type: Article

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