Anomalous compressibility of ferropericlase throughout the iron spin cross-over

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 8447-8452

  Wentzcovitch, R M ^a,b   Justo, J F ^a,b,c   Wu, Z ^a,b   Da Silva, C R S ^b   Yuen, D A ^b   Kohlstedt, D ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Earth's lower mantle; Thermal expansivity; Thermodynamics; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FERROPERICLASE; IRON; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELASTICITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 66649106913     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812150106     Document Type: Article

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