A simulation study of induced failure and recrystallization of a perfect MgO crystal under non-hydrostatic compression: Application to melting in the diamond-anvil cell

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 441-451

  Belonoshko, Anatoly B ^a   Dubrovinsky, Leonid S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MAGNESIA; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDE MINERALS; THERMAL STRESS;

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; HIGH-PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; NON-HYDROSTATIC; SIMULATION STUDIES; TEMPERATURE CURVES; THERMAL PRESSURE; THERMOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

DYNAMIC RECRYSTALLIZATION;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MELTING; RECRYSTALLIZATION; THERMAL PRESSURE;

EID: 0031465248     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-5-601     Document Type: Article

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