Single-crystal elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 to the pressure of the 410 km seismic discontinuity in the Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages

  Zha, Chang Sheng ^a   Duffy, Thomas S ^b   Mao, Ho Kwang ^a   Downs, Robert T ^c   Hemley, Russell J ^a   Weidner, Donald J ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Spinel; Transition zones; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MANTLE; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITY; SPINEL; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0030844794     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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