Evidence of denser MgSiO 3 glass above 133 gigapascal (GPa) and implications for remnants of ultradense silicate melt from a deep magma ocean

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 17286-17289

  Murakami, Motohiko ^a   Bass, Jay D ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Early Earth evolution; High pressure experiment; Pressure induced polymorphism; Sound velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

GLASS; IRON; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE;

ARTICLE; DEEP MAGMA OCEAN; EARTH CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRAVITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 80054799675     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109748108     Document Type: Article

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