P-V-T relation of MgO derived by simultaneous elastic wave velocity and in situ X-ray measurements: A new pressure scale for the mantle transition region

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 196-211

  Kono, Yoshio ^a   Irifune, Tetsuo ^a   Higo, Yuji ^b   Inoue, Toru ^a,b   Barnhoorn, Auke ^c,d   Suetsugu, Daisuke ^b   Bina, Craig ^b   Wiens, Douglas ^b   Jellinek, Mark ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Synchrotron Research Institute   (Japan)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elastic wave velocity; Equation of state; Mantle transition region; MgO

Indexed keywords

660KM DISCONTINUITIES; ADIABATIC BULK MODULUS; AMBIENT PRESSURES; ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE; DATA SETS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EQUATION OF STATE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; ISOTHERMAL BULK MODULUS; MGO; MULTI-ANVIL APPARATUS; PHASE-TRANSITION BOUNDARY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE DERIVATIVES; PRESSURE SCALE; SHOCK COMPRESSIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION BOUNDARIES; TRANSITION PRESSURE; TRANSITION REGIONS; UNIT-CELL VOLUME; X RAY MEASUREMENTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BULK MODULUS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC WAVE; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNESIUM; OXIDE GROUP; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649449277     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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