Inference of high thermal transport in the lower mantle from laser-flash experiments and the damped harmonic oscillator model

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Hofmeister, Anne M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusive radiative transfer; High temperature; Laser flash method; Lower mantle; Spectroscopy; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GEOPHYSICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LASERS; MINERALS; OLIVINE; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURES; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; DIFFUSIVE RADIATIVE TRANSFER; EFFICIENT; FINE GRAINS; GREATER ACCURACIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH THERMALS; INTERFACE RESISTANCES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES; LOWER MANTLE; LOWER MANTLES; MANTLE CONVECTIONS; PEROVSKITE COMPOUNDS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LASER METHOD; LOWER MANTLE; MODELING; OSCILLATION; PEROVSKITE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 54049131135     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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