First principles determination of the phase boundaries of high-pressure polymorphs of silica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Tsuchiya, Taku ^a   Caracas, Razvan ^b   Tsuchiya, Jun ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICA;

LINEAR RESPONSE THEORY; PHASE BOUNDARIES;

GEOPHYSICS;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMORPHISM; SILICA;

EID: 4143064827     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019649     Document Type: Article

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