Calculated elastic constants and anisotropy of Mg2SiO4 spinel at high pressure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 2841-2844

  Kiefer, Boris ^a,c   Stixrude, Lars ^a,c   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^b,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOPHYSICS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS; SEISMIC WAVES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN; STRESSES; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

MAGNESIUM SILICATE SPINELS; RINGWOODITE;

SILICATE MINERALS; ANISOTROPY;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; P/T CONDITIONS; SPINEL;

ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; PLANE-WAVE PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY; SINGLE CRYSTAL ELASTIC CONSTANTS; STRESS STRAIN RELATION; TRANSITION ZONES;

EID: 0031277806     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02975     Document Type: Article

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