Ab initio study of the elastic behavior of MgSiO3 ilmenite at high pressure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 943-946

  Da Silva, Cesar R S ^a   Karki, Bijaya B ^a   Stixrude, Lars ^b,c   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; CALCULATIONS; ELASTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; GEOPHYSICS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; ILMENITE; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ANISOTROPY; GARNETS; SHEAR WAVES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT; MAGNESIUM SILICATES;

MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS; SHEAR FLOW;

ELASTIC PROPERTY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; ILMENITE;

AB INITIO PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTICITY MEASUREMENT; LATERAL STRUCTURES; LONGITUDINAL WAVES; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SHEAR-WAVE ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0033117590     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900149     Document Type: Article

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