Phase transformations between garnet and perovskite phases in the Earth's mantle: A theoretical study

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 108-116

  Vitos, L ^a,b,c   Magyari Kope B ^a   Ahuja, R ^c   Kollar J ^b   Grimvall, G ^a   Johansson, B ^a,c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ca perovskite; Density Functional calculation; Earth's lower mantle; Majorite garnet; Mg perovskite; Perovskite solid solutions; Seismic inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

GARNETS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEISMOLOGY; SOLID SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE GEOTHERMS; ORTHORHOMBIC PEROVSKITE STRUCTURE; PRESSURE-TEMPERATURE STABILITY; SEISMIC INHOMOGENEITY;

EARTH (PLANET);

GARNET; INHOMOGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMICITY; SOLID SOLUTION;

EID: 33646562202     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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