The spin state of iron in minerals of Earth's lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Sturhahn, Wolfgang ^a   Jackson, Jennifer M ^b   Lin, Jung Fu ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; SILICATE MINERALS;

FERROMAGNESIUM SILICATE PEROVSKITE; FERROPERICLASE; GEOPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; SPIN TRANSITIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; IRON; LOWER MANTLE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 25844433662     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022802     Document Type: Article

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