Diffusion in MgO at high pressure: implications for lower mantle rheology

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1095-1098

  Ita, Joel ^a   Cohen, Ronald E ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MAGNESIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; FREE ENERGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

INTERATOMIC POTENTIAL; LOWER MANTLE RHEOLOGY; DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; GRAIN-BOUNDARY DIFFUSION; HIGH PRESSURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MANTLE; PERICLASE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032051435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50564     Document Type: Article

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