Thermal conductivity of MgO, MgSiO3 perovskite and post-perovskite in the Earth's deep mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-108

  Haigis, Volker ^a   Salanne, Mathieu ^b   Jahn, Sandro ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Lower mantle; MgO; Molecular dynamics; Perovskite; Post perovskite; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY TENSORS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; GEOTHERMS; GREEN-KUBO; IONIC INTERACTION; IRON IMPURITIES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOWER MANTLE; MGO; MOLE FRACTION; PARAMETERIZED; POST-PEROVSKITE; POST-PEROVSKITE STRUCTURE; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY MODEL; THREE PHASIS;

AGGREGATES; HEAT FLUX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEROVSKITE;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PEROVSKITE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84867119016     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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