Experimental evidence for perovskite and post-perovskite coexistence throughout the whole D′ region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Andrault, Denis ^a   Muñoz, Manuel ^b   Bolfan Casanova, Nathalie ^a   Guignot, Nicolas ^c   Perrillat, Jean Philippe ^d   Aquilanti, Giuliana ^d   Pascarelli, Sakura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

D layer; Fe partitioning; Lower mantle; Post perovskite transition

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITIONAL HETEROGENEITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; LOWER MANTLE; POST PEROVSKITE; SEISMOLOGICAL ANOMALY; SILICATE PEROVSKITE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

PEROVSKITE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LOWER MANTLE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTITIONING; PEROVSKITE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77950337585     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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