The post-spinel transformation in Mg2SiO4 and its relation to the 660-km seismic discontinuity

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6837, 2001, Pages 571-574

  Shim, Sang Heon ^a   Duffy, Thomas S ^a   Shen, Guoyin ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IRON; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PEROVSKITE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SEISMIC DISCONTINUITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; PEROVSKITE;

DISCONTINUITY; MAGNESIOWUSTITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; GEOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035978810     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35079053     Document Type: Article

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