A perovskitic lower mantle inferred from high-pressure, high-temperature sound velocity data

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7396, 2012, Pages 90-94

  Murakami, Motohiko ^a   Ohishi, Yasuo ^b   Hirao, Naohisa ^b   Hirose, Kei ^c,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON; PEROVSKITE; SILICON;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER MANTLE; MASS TRANSPORT; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SILICATE MINERAL; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERBARISM; INTERFEROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84860501625     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11004     Document Type: Article

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