The elastic properties of β-Mg2SiO4 from 295 to 660 K and implications on the composition of Earth's upper mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 22-31

  Isaak, Donald G ^a,b   Gwanmesia, Gabriel D ^c   Falde, Derek ^b   Davis, Michael G ^b   Triplett, Richard S ^c   Wang, Liping ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Mantle composition; Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy; Seismic discontinuities; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EARTH'S UPPER MANTLE; RESONANT ULTRASOUND SPECTROSCOPY; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ELASTICITY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERAL; UPPER MANTLE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 34250304217     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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