First-principles study of density, viscosity, and diffusion coefficients of liquid MgSiO3 at conditions of the Earth's deep mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wan, J T K ^a,b   Duffy, T S ^a   Scandolo, S ^c   Car, R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PEROVSKITE; SILICATE MINERAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34548573599     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004135     Document Type: Article

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