Mid-mantle anisotropy: Elasticity of aluminous phases in subducted MORB

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Mookherjee, Mainak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC MODULI; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FERRITES; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ALUMINOUS PHASE; CALCIUM FERRITE; CALCIUM TITANATE; ELASTIC CONSTANT TENSOR; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EQUATION OF STATE; FIRST PRINCIPLE SIMULATION; LARGE DELAY TIME; LOWER MANTLE; LOWER MANTLE CONDITION; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; SINGLE CRYSTAL ELASTIC CONSTANTS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TEMPERATURE DERIVATIVES;

ELASTICITY;

ALUMINUM; ANISOTROPY; CALCIUM; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC WAVE; ELASTICITY; EQUATION OF STATE; LOWER MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TITANATE; WAVE VELOCITY;

KERMADEC TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA TRENCH;

EID: 79960758128     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047923     Document Type: Article

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