Predicted elastic properties of the hydrous D phase at mantle pressures: Implications for the anisotropy of subducted slabs near 670-km discontinuity and in the lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Mainprice, David ^a   Le Page, Yvon ^b   Rodgers, John ^c   Jouanna, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Toth Information Systems Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

ab initio; D phase; elastic properties; lower mantle; seismic anisotropy; subduction

Indexed keywords

DENSE HYDROUS MAGNESIUM SILICATE; ELASTIC TENSOR; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PRESURES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SUBDUCTED SLABS;

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; PRESSURE; SEISMIC WAVES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BULK MODULUS; ELASTIC PROPERTY; LOWER MANTLE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 34250896265     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.04.053     Document Type: Article

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