Lattice thermal conductivity of MgO at conditions of Earth's interior

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

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4539-4543

  Tang, Xiaoli ^a,b   Dong, Jianjun ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

First principles; High pressure; Lower mantle; Phonon lifetime; Phonon transport theory

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONON; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); MAGNESIUM OXIDE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77949501683     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907194107     Document Type: Article

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