Post-perovskite phase transition and mineral chemistry in the pyrolitic lowermost mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Murakami, Motohiko ^a   Hirose, Kei ^a   Sata, Nagayoshi ^b   Ohishi, Yasuo ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; IRON; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND-ANVIL CELLS (LHDAC); MANTLE;

EARTH (PLANET);

LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PYROLITE;

EID: 17744386140     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021956     Document Type: Article

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