Elastic properties of hydrous ringwoodite (γ-phase) in Mg2SiO4

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 107-113

  Inoue, Toru ^a   Weidner, Donald J ^a   Northrup, Paul A ^a   Parise, John B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTY; OLIVINE;

EID: 0031726272     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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