Plastic deformation of MgGeO3 post-perovskite at lower mantle pressures

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5761, 2006, Pages 644-646

  Merkel, Sébastien ^a   Kubo, Atsushi ^b   Miyagi, Lowell ^a   Speziale, Sergio ^a   Duffy, Thomas S ^b   Mao, Ho Kwang ^c   Wenk, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIAMONDS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR WAVES;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SILICATE POST-PEROVSKITE;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

DIAMOND; GERMANIUM DIOXIDE; MAGNESIUM; PEROVSKITE; POSTPEROVSKITE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 31944436349     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1121808     Document Type: Article

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