Thermoelastic Properties of MgSiO3-Perovskite: Insights on the Nature of the Earth's Lower Mantle

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 185011-185014

  Wentzcovitch, R M ^a,b   Karki, B B ^c   Cococcioni, M ^b   De Gironcoli, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; EARTH (PLANET); ELASTICITY; FREE ENERGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEROVSKITE; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELASTIC CONSTANT; MANTLE;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 1242329491     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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