The elasticity of the MgSiO3 post-perovskite phase in the Earth's lowermost mantle

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6998, 2004, Pages 442-445

  Iitaka, T ^a   Hirose, K ^b   Kawamura, K ^b   Murakami, M ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PEROVSKITE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

LOWER MANTLE; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELASTICITY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 3342881060     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02702     Document Type: Article

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