Post-spinel transitions in pyrolite and Mg2SiO4 and akimotoite-perovskite transition in MgSiO3: Precise comparison by high-pressure high-temperature experiments with multi-sample cell technique

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 185-197

  Ishii, Takayuki ^a   Kojitani, Hiroshi ^a   Akaogi, Masaki ^a  

^a GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

660 km discontinuity; Akimotoite; Perovskite; Post spinel transition; Pyrolite; Ringwoodite

Indexed keywords

660-KM DISCONTINUITY; AKIMOTOITE; POST-SPINEL TRANSITION; PYROLITE; RINGWOODITE;

EXPERIMENTS; GARNETS; PEROVSKITE;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

FORSTERITE; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; P-T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE; PYROLITE; SPINEL; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 80052821701     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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