Computer simulation of the Mg2SiO4 phases with application to the 410 km seismic discontinuity

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 9-18

  Matsui, Masanori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mg2SiO4; Molecular dynamics simulation; Seismic discontinuity

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

EID: 0033389848     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00119-3     Document Type: Article

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