High-pressure phases in the Al2SiO5 system and the problem of aluminous phase in the Earth's lower mantle: Ab initio calculations

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 430-439

  Oganov, A R ^a,b   Brodholt, J P ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phase equilibria; Quantum mechanical simulations

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE; HIGH PRESSURE; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 0033921226     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002699900081     Document Type: Article

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