Compressional and shear wave velocities of ringwoodite γ-Mg2SiO4 to 12 GPa

American Mineralogist

Volumn 88, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1312-1317

  Li, Baosheng ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFEROMETRY; IRON; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SINGLE CRYSTALS; VELOCITY;

AGGREGATE PROPERTIES; FINITE STRAIN ANALYSIS; POLYCRYSTALLINE RINGWOODITE; POLYCRYSTALLINE SPECIMEN; PRESSURE DERIVATIVES; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; SINGLE CRYSTAL ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ULTRASONIC INTERFEROMETRY;

SHEAR FLOW;

DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; RINGWOODITE; TEMPERATURE; WADSLEYITE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0141562088     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2003-8-913     Document Type: Article

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