Precise determination of post-stishovite phase transition boundary and implications for seismic heterogeneities in the mid-lower mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Nomura, Ryuichi ^a,b   Hirose, Kei ^a,c   Sata, Nagayoshi ^c   Ohishi, Yasuo ^d   Suetsugu, Daisuke ^b   Bina, Craig ^b   Inoue, Toru ^b   Wiens, Douglas ^b   Jellinek, Mark ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

High pressure; Lower mantle; Phase transition; Seismic heterogeneity; SiO2; Stishovite

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC HETEROGENEITY; SIO2; STISHOVITE;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; PEROVSKITE; SEISMOLOGY; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECISION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SHEAR MODULUS; STISHOVITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSITION ZONE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78649443127     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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