α-β-γ transformations in Mg2SiO4 in Earth's transition zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Yu, Yonggang G ^a   Wu, Zhongqing ^b   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

forsterite; phase transition; ringwoodite; transition zone; wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

FORSTERITE; PHASE RELATIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; RINGWOODITE; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BULK MODULUS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FORSTERITE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHASE VELOCITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; PYROLITE; RINGWOODITE; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

COMPUTATION; FREE ENERGY; MAGNESIUM; PHASE TRANSITION; PRINTING PLATES;

EID: 49149110329     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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