Constraints on lower mantle composition from molecular dynamics simulations of MgSiO3 perovskite

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 239-252

  Marton, Frederic C ^a,b   Cohen, Ronald E ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lower mantle; Molecular dynamics; Silicate perovskite; Thermoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EQUATION OF STATE; LOWER MANTLE; P-T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037160225     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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