Iron-rich post-perovskite and the origin of ultralow-velocity zones

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5773, 2006, Pages 564-565

  Mao, Wendy L ^a   Mao, Ho Kwang ^b,c   Sturhahn, Wolfgang ^d   Zhao, Jiyong ^d   Prakapenka, Vitali B ^e   Meng, Yue ^c   Shu, Jinfu ^b   Fei, Yingwei ^b   Hemley, Russell J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c High Pressure Collaborative Access Team   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IRON; POISSON RATIO; SILICATES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; ULTRALOW-VELOCITY ZONES;

PEROVSKITE;

IRON; PEROVSKITE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; INNER CORE; IRON; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33646253694     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123442     Document Type: Article

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