Brillouin scattering and its application in geosciences

S Speziale, H Marquardt… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Brillouin spectroscopy is an optical technique that allows one to determine the directional
dependence of acoustic velocities in minerals and materials subject to a wide range of …

2.16 Seismic anisotropy of the deep Earth from a mineral and rock physics perspective

D Mainprice - Treatise on geophysics, 2010 - books.google.com
In this section the contribution of CPO to seismic anisotropy in the deep Earth with cases of
olivine and the role of melt is illustrated. The CPO in rocks of upper-mantle origin is now well …

Diamonds and water in the deep Earth: a new scenario

F Nestola, JR Smyth - International Geology Review, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Earth is a water planet, but how much water exists on and in the Earth? Is the water limited to
the Earth's surface and limited depths of our planet (molecular water of the hydrosphere), or …

Dehydration melting of nominally anhydrous mantle: The primacy of partitioning

MM Hirschmann, T Tenner, C Aubaud… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2009 - Elsevier
The onset of dehydration melting of nominally anhydrous peridotite can be calculated by
combination of appropriate mineral/melt partition coefficients for H2O, DHmin/liq, and a …

Seismic detection of a deep mantle discontinuity within Mars by InSight

Q Huang, NC Schmerr, SD King… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Constraining the thermal and compositional state of the mantle is crucial for deciphering the
formation and evolution of Mars. Mineral physics predicts that Mars' deep mantle is …

Constraining the volume of Earth's early oceans with a temperature‐dependent mantle water storage capacity model

J Dong, RA Fischer, LP Stixrude… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The water content in Earth's mantle today remains poorly constrained, but the bulk water
storage capacity in the solid mantle can be quantified based on experimental data and may …

The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of olivine aggregates and its implications for the electrical structure of the upper mantle

T Yoshino, T Matsuzaki, A Shatskiy, T Katsura - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
The electrical conductivity of San Carlos olivine aggregate of various water content was
measured at a pressure of 10GPa in a Kawai-type multi-anvil apparatus. Conductivity …

Calibration of infrared spectroscopy by elastic recoil detection analysis of H in synthetic olivine

AC Withers, H Bureau, C Raepsaet, MM Hirschmann - Chemical Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) was used to measure the H contents of 18 synthetic
Fo90 olivines that had been hydrated to varying degrees in high pressure hydrothermal …

Electrical conductivity anisotropy of dry and hydrous olivine at 8 GPa

BT Poe, C Romano, F Nestola, JR Smyth - Physics of the Earth and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The effects of dissolved H2O on the electrical conductivity and its anisotropy in olivine
(Fo90) at 8GPa were investigated by complex impedance spectroscopy. At nominally …

Water storage capacity in olivine and pyroxene to 14 GPa: Implications for the water content of the Earth's upper mantle and nature of seismic discontinuities

A Férot, N Bolfan-Casanova - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
Experiments were performed under water-saturated conditions in the MFSH (MgO–FeO–
SiO2–H2O) and MFASH (MgO–FeO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O) systems at 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 9GPa, at …