Iron-rich perovskite in the Earth's lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Mao, Z ^a   Lin, J F ^a   Scott, H P ^b   Watson, H C ^c   Prakapenka, V B ^d   Xiao, Y ^e   Chow, P ^e   McCammon, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk sound velocity; Density; Equation of state; Fe bearing perovskite; Lower mantle

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; EQUATION OF STATE; LOWER MANTLE; MOSSBAUER; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EQUATIONS OF STATE; PEROVSKITE; SHEAR WAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRONS; WAVE PROPAGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SHEAR FLOW;

DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EQUATION OF STATE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; LOWER MANTLE; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; P-T CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMODYNAMICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 81155162511     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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