The elastic constants of an aluminous orthopyroxene to 12.5 GPa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 14779-14785

  Chai, Mu ^a   Brown, J Michael ^a   Slutsky, Leon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULUS; MANTLE; ORTHOPYROXENE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0031472666     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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