Strength of (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 wadsleyite determined by relaxation of transformation stress

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-78

  Mosenfelder, Jed L ^a   Connolly, James A D ^b   Rubie, David C ^a   Liu, Ming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

(Mg,Fe)2SiO4; Transformation stress; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; PHASE TRANSITION; SLAB; STRENGTH; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 0033912208     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(00)00142-4     Document Type: Article

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