Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3 in Earth's D″ layer

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 6998, 2004, Pages 445-448

  Oganov, Artem R ^a   Ono, Shigeaki ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS;

MANTLE; STABILITY FIELDS;

PEROVSKITE;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; FERRIC OXIDE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PEROVSKITE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

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

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 3343022873     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02701     Document Type: Article

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