Effect of impurity on the elasticity of perovskite and postperovskite: Velocity contrast across the postperovskite transition in (Mg,Fe,Al)(Si,Al)O3

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Tsuchiya, Taku ^a   Tsuchiya, Jun ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE;

EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; PLANEWAVE PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHOD;

PEROVSKITE;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; ELASTICITY; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 33750616038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025706     Document Type: Article

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