Elasticity of MgSiO 3 in the Perovskite Structure
- 10 February 1989
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 243 (4892) , 787-789
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.243.4892.787
Abstract
The single-crystal elastic moduli of MgSiO 3 in the perovskite structure, the high-pressure polymorph of MgSiO 3 pyroxene, have been determined. The data indicate that a mantle with either pyrolite or pyroxene stoichiometry is compatible with the seismic models appropriate to the earth's lower mantle, provided that the shear modulus of MgSiO 3 perovskite exhibits a strong negative temperature derivative. Such a temperature derivative falls outside of the range expected for a well-behaved refractory ceramic and could result if the pressure-temperature regime of the earth's lower mantle is near that required for a ferroelastic phase transformation of the perovskite phase.Keywords
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