Elastic anisotropy of FeSiO3 end-members of the perovskite and post-perovskite phases

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Stackhouse, Stephen ^a   Brodholt, John P ^a   Price, G David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; IRON COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; PHASE TRANSITION PRESSURE; POST-PEROVKITE POLYMORPHS; SEISMIC PROPERTIES;

MINERALOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 33644627071     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023887     Document Type: Article

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