Predicted glide systems and crystal preferred orientations of polycrystalline silicate Mg-Perovskite at high pressure: Implications for the seismic anisotropy in the lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 135-144

  Mainprice, David ^a   Tommasi, Andréa ^a   Ferré, Denise ^b   Carrez, Philippe ^b   Cordier, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ab initio; crystal preferred orientation; dislocation creep; D ; glide systems; lower mantle; Perovskite; seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AXIAL COMPRESSION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GARNETS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

AB INITIO; CRYSTAL PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DISLOCATION CREEP; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

CRYSTALLINITY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PROCESS; P-T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 45449119830     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.058     Document Type: Article

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