Elastic properties of the post-perovskite phase of Fe2O3 and implications for ultra-low velocity zones

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 260-266

  Stackhouse, Stephen ^a   Brodholt, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Ferric iron; Post perovskite; Ultra low velocity zones

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; IRON COMPOUNDS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PEROVSKITE; SPIN DYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

AB INITIO; BULK ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FERRIC IRON; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; LINEAR MIXING; MONOCLINIC SYMMETRIES; POST-PEROVSKITE; SEISMIC CONSTRAINTS; SPIN TRANSITIONS; ULTRA-LOW VELOCITIES; ULTRA-LOW VELOCITY ZONES;

OXIDE MINERALS;

ELASTIC PROPERTY; IRON; MANTLE SOURCE; PEROVSKITE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 54049116997     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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