Effect of H2O on upper mantle phase transitions in MgSiO3: Is the depth of the seismic X-discontinuity an indicator of mantle water content?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 234-244

  Jacobsen, Steven D ^a   Liu, Zhenxian ^b   Ballaran, Tiziana Boffa ^c   Littlefield, Elizabeth F ^d   Ehm, Lars ^e   Hemley, Russell J ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinoenstatite; Enstatite; MgSiO3; Water; X discontinuity

Indexed keywords

CLINOENSTATITE; DEPTH RANGE; ENSTATITE; HARZBURGITES; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; MGSIO3; ORTHOENSTATITE; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SEISMIC IMPEDANCE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; UPPER MANTLE; X-DISCONTINUITY;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LITHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEISMOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

COESITE; DISCONTINUITY LAYER; ENSTATITE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH PRESSURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SILICATE; STISHOVITE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78649448071     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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