Perovskite in Earth's deep interior

K Hirose, R Sinmyo, J Hernlund - Science, 2017 - science.org
Silicate perovskite-type phases are the most abundant constituent inside our planet and are
the predominant minerals in Earth's lower mantle more than 660 kilometers below the …

Thermodynamic properties and phase relations in mantle minerals investigated by first principles quasiharmonic theory

RM Wentzcovitch, YG Yu, Z Wu - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This research has been motivated by geophysics and materials physics. The objective of this
research has been to advance materials theory and computations for high pressure and …

A perovskitic lower mantle inferred from high-pressure, high-temperature sound velocity data

M Murakami, Y Ohishi, N Hirao, K Hirose - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
The determination of the chemical composition of Earth's lower mantle is a long-standing
challenge in earth science. Accurate knowledge of sound velocities in the lower-mantle …

Sound velocity of CaSiO3 perovskite suggests the presence of basaltic crust in the Earth's lower mantle

S Gréaux, T Irifune, Y Higo, Y Tange, T Arimoto, Z Liu… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Laboratory measurements of sound velocities of high-pressure minerals provide crucial
information on the composition and constitution of the deep mantle via comparisons with …

Seismic velocities of CaSiO3 perovskite can explain LLSVPs in Earth's lower mantle

AR Thomson, WA Crichton, JP Brodholt, IG Wood… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Seismology records the presence of various heterogeneities throughout the lower mantle,,
but the origins of these signals—whether thermal or chemical—remain uncertain, and …

Dynamic stabilization of cubic perovskite at high temperatures and pressures from ab initio molecular dynamics

T Sun, DB Zhang, RM Wentzcovitch - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The stability of cubic Ca Si O 3 perovskite (CaPv) at high temperatures and pressures is
investigated by vibrational normal-mode analysis. We compute power spectra of mode …

Organic acids under pressure: Elastic properties, negative mechanical phenomena and pressure induced phase transitions in the lactic, maleic, succinic and citric …

F Colmenero - Materials Advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A detailed study of the behavior under pressure of four important organic acids using the first-
principles solid-state methodology is presented. These organic acids are the L-(+)-lactic …

Constraints on the presence of post-perovskite in Earth's lowermost mantle from tomographic-geodynamic model comparisons

P Koelemeijer, BSA Schuberth, DR Davies… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Lower mantle tomography models consistently feature an increase in the ratio of shear-wave
velocity (VS) to compressional-wave velocity (VP) variations and a negative correlation …

Converted phases from sharp 1000 km depth mid-mantle heterogeneity beneath Western Europe

J Jenkins, A Deuss, S Cottaar - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Until recently, most of the lower mantle was generally considered to be well-mixed with
strong heterogeneity restricted to the lowermost several hundred kilometres above the core …

Stability and Reactions of CaCO3 Polymorphs in the Earth's Deep Mantle

Z Zhang, Z Mao, X Liu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As an important component of carbonates in the mantle, CaCO3 is a major carrier of carbon
from the surface to the deep interiors. In recent years, new varieties of CaCO3 polymorphs …