The spin state of iron in minerals of Earth's lower mantle

Details The spin state of iron in minerals of Earth's lower mantle The spin state of iron in minerals of Earth's lower mantle

Jun 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3212307s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 12, CiteID L12307

Physics

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Mineral Physics: High-Pressure Behavior, Mineral Physics: Physical Thermodynamics, Mineral Physics: General Or Miscellaneous

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The spin state of Fe(II) and Fe(III) at temperatures and pressures typical for the Earth's lower mantle is discussed. We predict an extended high-spin to low-spin crossover region along the geotherm for Fe-dilute systems depending on crystal-field splitting, pairing energy, and cooperative interactions. In particular, spin transitions in ferromagnesium silicate perovskite and ferropericlase, the dominant lower mantle components, should occur in a wide temperature-pressure range. We also derive a gradual volume change associated with such transitions in the lower mantle. The gradual density changes and the wide spin crossover regions seem incompatible with lower mantle stratification resulting from a spin transition.

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