Behavior of iron in (Mg, Fe)SiO3 post-perovskite assemblages at Mbar pressures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Jackson, Jennifer M ^a   Sturhahn, Wolfgang ^a,b   Tschauner, Oliver ^a,c   Lerche, Michael ^d   Fei, Yingwei ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY REGIONS; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; EARTH'S CORE; ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH SPIN STATE; HYPERFINE FIELD; IN-SITU; ISOMER SHIFTS; METALLIC IRON; POST-PEROVSKITE; QUADRUPOLE SPLITTING; REACTION PATHWAYS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM/EDS ANALYSIS; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY;

OXIDE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

PEROVSKITE;

IRON; MAGNESIUM; PEROVSKITE;

EID: 67651089545     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037815     Document Type: Article

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