Sound velocities and elasticity of aluminous MgSiO3 perovskite: Implications for aluminum heterogeneity in Earth's lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Jackson, Jennifer M ^a   Zhang, Jianzhong ^b   Bass, Jay D ^a  

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

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; PEROVSKITE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOELASTICITY;

BRILLOUIN SPECTROSCOPY; SOUND VELOCITIES;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

BULK MODULUS; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; THERMOELASTICITY;

EID: 4143140810     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019918     Document Type: Article

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