Elastic wave velocities of pyrope-majorite garnets (Py62Mj38 and Py50Mj50) to 9 GPa

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-163

  Liu, Jun ^a   Chen, Ganglin ^a,b   Gwanmesia, Gabriel D ^a,c   Liebermann, Robert C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic wave; Majorite; Pyrope

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVE; GARNET; MAJORITE; PYROPE; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0033925773     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(00)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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