Determination of post-perovskite phase transition boundary up to 4400 K and implications for thermal structure in D″ layer

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 130-136

  Tateno, Shigehiko ^a,b   Hirose, Kei ^a,b   Sata, Nagayoshi ^b   Ohishi, Yasuo ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

core mantle boundary; in situ X ray diffraction; lower mantle; phase transition; post perovskite

Indexed keywords

ANVIL CELLS; CLAPEYRON SLOPES; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLOWS; IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; LOWER MANTLE; POST-PEROVSKITE; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; TRANSITION BOUNDARIES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGES;

DIAMONDS; DIFFRACTION; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; DISCONTINUITY; HEAT FLOW; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 57749087824     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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