Spin transition of iron in the Earth's lower mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 248-259

  Lin, Jung Fu ^a   Tsuchiya, Taku ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferropericlase; Lower mantle; Mineral physics; Silicate perovskite; Spin transition

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; IRON OXIDES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

A DENSITIES; BULK MODULUS; CHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; CONTINUOUS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SITES; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRONIC SPUN; FERROPERICLASE; HIGH PRESSURES; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE MINERALS; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MINERAL PHYSICS; MODELING; PAIRING TRANSITIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SOUND VELOCITIES; SPIN CROSSOVERS; SPIN STATES; SPIN TRANSITION; SPIN TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; UNCERTAIN; VALENCE STATES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEODYNAMICS; IRON; LOWER MANTLE; MODELING; PEROVSKITE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 54049146763     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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