High-pressure elasticity of alumina studied by first principles

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1961-1966

  Duan, Wenhui ^a   Karki, Bijaya B ^a   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANISOTROPY; CORUNDUM; ELASTICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DETECTABLE SIGNAL; HIGH-PRESSURE ELASTICITY; LOWER MANTLE PRESSURES; POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; SHEAR-WAVE ANISOTROPY; TRANSITION PRESSURE; VELOCITY PROFILES;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELASTICITY;

EID: 0033381070     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-11-1225     Document Type: Article

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