Thermal conductivity of lower-mantle minerals

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 24-32

  Goncharov, Alexander F ^a   Beck, Pierre ^a   Struzhkin, Viktor V ^a   Haugen, Benjamin D ^a,b   Jacobsen, Steven D ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond anvil cell; Earth's mantle dynamics; Electronic spin transition; High pressure; Iron containing minerals; Lower mantle; Optical properties; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EARTH'S MANTLE DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC SPIN TRANSITION; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON CONTAINING MINERALS; LOWER MANTLE;

ABSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIAMONDS; DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MINERALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SILICA; SILICATES; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY; TOOLS;

OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

HEAT TRANSFER; LATTICE DYNAMICS; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PROCESS; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 67349213659     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.033     Document Type: Article

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