Sound velocities and elastic properties of Fe-bearing wadsleyite and ringwoodite

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 20819-20825

  Sinogeikin, S V ^a   Katsura, T ^b,c   Bass, J D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0032505287     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01819     Document Type: Article

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