Mechanisms of Al3+ incorporation in MgSiO3 post-perovskite at high pressures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Zhang, Feiwu ^a   Oganov, Artem R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ab initio; compressibility; D layer; equation of state; substitution mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GRADIENT METHODS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CHARGE-COUPLED MECHANISM (CCM); GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); OXYGEN-VACANCY MECHANISM (OVM); POST-PEROVSKITE (PPV); ZERO-PRESSURE BULK MODULUS;

PEROVSKITE;

ALUMINUM; COMPRESSIBILITY; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; MAGNESIUM; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 33746518687     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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