Thermal diffusivity of aluminous spinels and magnetite at elevated temperature with implications for heat transport in Earth's transition zone

American Mineralogist

Volumn 92, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1899-1911

  Hofmeister, Anne M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminates; High pressure; High temperature; IR spectroscopy; Laser flash method; Spinel family minerals; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; BINARY ALLOYS; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETITE; PHONONS; POSITIVE IONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINATES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LASER FLASH METHODS; LOW-ORDER POLYNOMIALS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH PRESSURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETITE; MELTING; RINGWOODITE; SPINEL; SUBSTITUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 37149001208     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2007.2589     Document Type: Article

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