CaCO 3-III and CaCO 3-VI, high-pressure polymorphs of calcite: Possible host structures for carbon in the Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 265-271

  Merlini, M ^a   Hanfland, M ^b   Crichton, W A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonates; High pressure; Single crystal diffraction; Structure solution

Indexed keywords

CATION SITES; COORDINATION NUMBER; COORDINATION SITES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; EARTH'S MANTLE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE TRANSITIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE POLYMORPH; HOST STRUCTURE; IN-SITU; LOW PRESSURES; LOWER PRESSURES; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; NON-COPLANAR; PRESSURE RANGES; PRESSURE RELEASE; SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; STRUCTURAL STRAIN; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; STRUCTURE SOLUTIONS; SUBDUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; SYNCHROTRON BEAMLINES; SYNCHROTRON X RAY DIFFRACTION; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; UNIT CELLS; VARIABLE VOLUME;

ATOMS; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATES; POSITIVE IONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MANTLE SOURCE; P-T CONDITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84861334515     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.036     Document Type: Article

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