Theoretical study of the stability of MgSiO3-perovskite in the deep mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4253-4256

  Dubrovinsky, L ^a   Saxena, S K ^a   Ahuja, R ^a   Johansson, B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FREE ENERGY; MIXTURES;

ANHARMONICITY EFFECTS; FULL POTENTIAL LINEAR MUFFIN TIN ORBITAL; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MAGNESIUM SILICATES; PRESSURE TEMPERATURE STABILITY; ANHARMONICITIES; DEEP MANTLES; EQUILIBRIUM PRESSURE; FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCE; LINEAR MUFFIN-TIN ORBITALS; OXIDE MIXTURES; THEORETICAL METHODS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; PEROVSKITE;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 0033489816     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900141     Document Type: Article

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