Subsolidus phase relations and perovskite compressibility in the system MgO-AlO1.5-SiO2 with implications for Earth's lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 77-89

  Walter, Michael J ^a   Trønnes, Reidar G ^b   Armstrong, Lora S ^a   Lord, Oliver T ^a   Caldwell, Wendel A ^c   Clark, Simon M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

alumina substitution; bulk modulus; defects; lower mantle; oxygen vacancy; perovskite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; COMPRESSIBILITY; ELASTIC MODULI; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIA; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINOUS PEROVSKITE; LOWER MANTLE; OXYGEN VACANCY; PEROVSKITE COMPRESSIBILITY; SUBSOLIDUS PHASE RELATIONS;

EARTH (PLANET);

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33746736343     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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