High-pressure sound velocities and elasticity of aluminous MgSiO3 perovskite to 45 GPa: Implications for lateral heterogeneity in Earth's lower mantle

Details High-pressure sound velocities and elasticity of aluminous MgSiO3 perovskite to 45 GPa: Implications for lateral heterogeneity in Earth's lower mantle High-pressure sound velocities and elasticity of aluminous MgSiO3 perovskite to 45 GPa: Implications for lateral heterogeneity in Earth's lower mantle

Nov 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3221305j&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 21, CiteID L21305

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Mineral Physics: Elasticity And Anelasticity, Mineral Physics: Equations Of State, Mineral Physics: High-Pressure Behavior, Mineral Physics: Optical, Infrared, And Raman Spectroscopy

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Brillouin scattering measurements on aluminous magnesium silicate perovskite, arguably the most abundant phase in Earth, have been performed to 45 GPa in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature, using methanol-ethanol-water and neon as pressure transmitting media. The experiments were performed on a polycrystalline sample of aluminous MgSiO3 perovskite containing 5.1 +/- 0.2 wt.% Al2O3. The pressure derivatives of the adiabatic bulk (K0S) and shear (μ0S) moduli are 3.7 +/- 0.3 and 1.7 +/- 0.2, respectively. These measurements allow us to evaluate whether the observed lateral variations of seismic wave speeds in Earth's lower mantle are due at least in part to a chemical origin. Our results indicate that a difference in the aluminum content of silicate perovskite, reflecting a variation in overall chemistry, is a plausible candidate for such seismic heterogeneity.

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