Elasticity of hydrous wadsleyite to 12 GPa: Implications for Earth's transition zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Mao, Zhu ^a   Jacobsen, S D ^b   Jiang, F ^a   Smyth, J R ^c   Holl, C M ^b   Duffy, T S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; OLIVINE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; WATER CONTENT;

410-KM DISCONTINUITIES; BRILLOUIN; BULK MODULUS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONES; PRESSURE DERIVATIVES; PYROLITE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHEAR MODULUS; SOUND VELOCITIES; TRANSITION ZONES; WADSLEYITE; WAVE SPEED;

SEISMIC WAVES;

BULK MODULUS; ELASTICITY; FAULT; HYDROUS MINERAL; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR MODULUS; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 58849103462     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035618     Document Type: Article

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