Equation of state and elasticity of FeSi

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Caracas, R ^a,b   Wentzcovitch, R ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3909 Mineral Physics: Elasticity and anelasticity; 3919 Mineral physics: Equations of state; 3924 Mineral physics: High pressure behavior; 7207 Seismology: Core and mantle

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELASTICITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILICATES;

GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LDA); MOLTEN IRON;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; EQUATION OF STATE; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; MANTLE; SILICON;

EID: 11844275920     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020601     Document Type: Article

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