The elasticity of lawsonite at high pressure and the origin of low velocity layers in subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-125

  Chantel, Julien ^a,b   Mookherjee, Mainak ^a,c   Frost, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Lawsonite; Low velocity layer; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

COLD SUBDUCTION; ELASTIC CONSTANT TENSOR; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; ELEVATED PRESSURE; FLUID INFLUX; GAIN INSIGHT; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROUS MINERAL; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT; LAWSONITE; LOW VELOCITY LAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC EVIDENCE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TOP SURFACE;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MINERALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SERPENTINE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ELASTICITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROUS MINERAL; LAWSONITE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR MODULUS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84864401686     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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