Sound velocity of MgSiO3 post-perovskite phase: A constraint on the D″ discontinuity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 18-23

  Murakami, Motohiko ^a,f   Sinogeikin, Stanislav V ^b   Bass, Jay D ^c   Sata, Nagayoshi ^d   Ohishi, Yasuo ^e   Hirose, Kei ^d,f  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; D discontinuity; elastic properties; high pressure; MgSiO3 post perovskite; sound velocity

Indexed keywords

INFRARED LASER ANNEALING; LATTICE PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PRESSURE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

MINERALOGY;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SOUND VELOCITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34250663072     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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