Elastic properties of hydrous forsterites under high pressure: First-principle calculations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-97

  Liu, Lei ^a   Du, Jianguo ^a   Zhao, Jijun ^b   Liu, Hong ^a   Gao, Haili ^b   Chen, Yuxiang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; First principles; Forsterite; Hydrous

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; CATION VACANCIES; COMPRESSIONAL; EARTH MANTLE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FORSTERITE; FORSTERITES; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROUS; LOW VELOCITY ZONES; MASS DENSITIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SOUND VELOCITIES; TOTAL ENERGY;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CRYSTALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN; POSITIVE IONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; WATER CONTENT;

OLIVINE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FORSTERITE; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROUS MINERAL; MAGNESIUM;

EID: 68349130527     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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