The high-pressure, single-crystal elasticity of pyrope, grossular, and andradite

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 374-383

  Conrad, Pamela G ^a,c   Zha, Chang Sheng ^b   Mao, Ho Kwang ^a   Hemley, Russell J ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ELASTICITY; EXTRAPOLATION; GARNETS; SILICON;

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; ELASTIC STIFFNESS CONSTANT; ELASTICITY VALUES; HIGH PRESSURE; MIXING MODELS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES; PRESSURE DERIVATIVES; WATER PRESSURES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ANDRADITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GARNET; GROSSULAR; HIGH PRESSURE; PYROPE;

EID: 0033029832     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-0321     Document Type: Article

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