Effect of phase transitions on compressional-wave velocities in the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7207, 2008, Pages 984-986

  Li, Li ^a   Weidner, Donald J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION; MANTLE; PERTURBATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPRESSION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; VELOCITY;

EID: 50049122527     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07230     Document Type: Article

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