The enigma of post-perovskite anisotropy: Deformation versus transformation textures

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 665-678

  Miyagi, Lowell ^a,b   Kanitpanyacharoen, Waruntorn ^b   Stackhouse, Stephen ^c   Militzer, Burkhard ^b   Wenk, Hans Rudolf ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; D ; Deformation; MgGeO3; Post perovskite; Texture; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION MODEL; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION TEXTURE; DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGHER YIELD; LATTICE PLANE; MGGEO3; MINERAL PHASE; P- AND S-WAVES; PEROVSKITE PHASE; POST-PEROVSKITE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; S-WAVES; TEXTURE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSFORMATION;

ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; PEROVSKITE; SHEAR WAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS; YIELD STRESS;

TEXTURES;

ANISOTROPY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; GRAIN SIZE; P-WAVE; PEROVSKITE; S-WAVE; TEXTURE;

EID: 80053091818     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-011-0439-y     Document Type: Article

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