Elastic anisotropy of ferromagnesian post-perovskite in Earth's D" layer

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 203-208

  Mao, Wendy L ^a,b   Meng, Yue ^c   Mao, Ho kwang ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

D" layer; Elasticity; Post perovskite; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC LATTICES; COMPRESSIONAL WAVE VELOCITY; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY TENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LARGE SHEAR; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; POST-PEROVSKITE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; VELOCITY ANISOTROPY;

ELASTICITY; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATES; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANISOTROPY;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EARTH; ELASTICITY; PEROVSKITE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 77953286622     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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