Valence state and spin transitions of iron in Earth's mantle silicates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 436-443

  Zhang, Feiwu ^a   Oganov, Artem R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ab initio simulations; D" layer; Earth's mantle; perovskite; post perovskite; spin transitions of iron; substitution mechanism; valence state of iron

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO SIMULATIONS; EARTH'S MANTLE; SPIN TRANSITION OF IRON; SUBSTITUTION MECHANISM; VALENCE STATE OF IRON;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; D REGION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; PEROVSKITE; SILICATES;

EARTH (PLANET);

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; IRON; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PEROVSKITE; SILICATE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 33749063405     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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