Experimentally determined postspinel transformation boundary in Mg2SiO4 using MgO as an internal pressure standard and its geophysical implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Fei, Y ^a   Van Orman, J ^a   Li, J ^a   van Westrenen, W ^a   Sanloup, C ^a   Minarik, W ^a   Hirose, K ^b   Komabayashi, T ^b   Walter, M ^c   Funakoshi, K ^d  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

660 km discontinuity; In situ X ray diffraction; Phase transformation

Indexed keywords

MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SILICATE MINERAL; SPINEL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 2442545904     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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