Recent progress on the characterization of the high-pressure behaviour of AVO4 orthovanadates

D Errandonea, AB Garg - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
AVO 4 orthovanadates are materials of fundamental and technological importance due to
the large variety of functional properties exhibited by them. These materials have potential …

[HTML][HTML] Core formation, mantle differentiation and core-mantle interaction within Earth and the terrestrial planets

RG Trønnes, MA Baron, KR Eigenmann, MG Guren… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
The terrestrial planets accreted from a diverse suite of solar system materials ranging from
strongly O-deficient materials similar to enstatite chondrites via ordinary chondrite materials …

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 …

Calcium dissolution in bridgmanite in the Earth's deep mantle

B Ko, E Greenberg, V Prakapenka, EE Alp, W Bi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate knowledge of the mineralogy is essential for understanding the lower mantle,
which represents more than half of Earth's volume. CaSiO3 perovskite is believed to be the …

High pressure-temperature phase relations of basaltic crust up to mid-mantle conditions

T Ishii, N Miyajima, G Criniti, Q Hu, K Glazyrin… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
A substantial amount of subducted basaltic crusts may exist in the lower mantle. It features
distinct chemical composition from the peridotitic mantle and plays important roles in the …

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 …

Iron silicate perovskite and postperovskite in the deep lower mantle

Z Yang, Z Song, Z Wu, H Mao… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Ferromagnesian silicates are the dominant constituents of the Earth's mantle, which
comprise more than 80% of our planet by volume. To interpret the low shear-velocity …

Variation in bridgmanite grain size accounts for the mid-mantle viscosity jump

H Fei, MD Ballmer, U Faul, N Walte, W Cao, T Katsura - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A viscosity jump of one to two orders of magnitude in the lower mantle of Earth at 800–1,200-
km depth is inferred from geoid inversions and slab-subducting speeds. This jump is known …

Remnants of shifting early Cenozoic Pacific lower mantle flow imaged beneath the Philippine Sea Plate

J Fan, D Zhao, C Li, L Liu, D Dong - Nature Geoscience, 2024 - nature.com
Seismic anisotropy could provide vital information about the evolution and internal
convection of the deep Earth interior. Although previous seismological studies have …

Phase stability and thermal equation of state of δ-AlOOH: Implication for water transportation to the Deep Lower Mantle

Y Duan, N Sun, S Wang, X Li, X Guo, H Ni… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we present new experimental constraints on the phase stability and thermal
equation of state of an important hydrous phase, δ-AlOOH, using synchrotron X-ray …