First principles thermoelasticity of MgSiO3-perovskite: Consequences for the inferred properties of the lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2699-2702

  Karki, Bijaya B ^a   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^a,b   De Gironcoli, Stefano ^b,c   Baroni, Stefano ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); PHONONS; SEISMOLOGY; THERMOELASTICITY;

SUPER ADIABATIC GRADIENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; THERMOELASTICITY;

EID: 0035878291     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL012910     Document Type: Article

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