Thermoelastic properties of eclogitic garnets and omphacites: Implications for deep subduction of oceanic crust and density anomalies in the upper mantle

J Xu, D Zhang, D Fan, PK Dera, F Shi… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron‐based high‐pressure/high‐temperature single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction
experiments to~ 24 GPa and 700 K were conducted on eclogitic garnets (low‐Fe …

Dispersed Ni-doped Aegirine Nanocatalysts for the selective hydrogenation of Olefinic molecules

KO Sebakhy, G Vitale… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A mild hydrothermal route was employed for the first time to prepare pure synthetic aegirine
nanocatalysts with high dispersion of the nickel species, different Ni contents, low …

The crystal structure of pyroxenes along the jadeite–hedenbergite and jadeite–aegirine joins

F Nestola, M Tribaudino… - American …, 2007 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The crystal-structures of seven synthetic pyroxenes along the jadeite–hedenbergite
(Jd57Hd43, Jd26Hd74, Jd0Hd100) and jadeite–aegirine (Jd100Ae0, Jd76Ae24, Jd35Ae65 …

New accurate elastic parameters for the forsterite-fayalite solid solution

F Nestola, D Pasqual, JR Smyth… - American …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Three natural olivines with Fo80Fa20, Fo71Fa29, and Fo62Fa38 compositions were
investigated in situ at high pressure by single-crystal X-ray diffraction using a diamond-anvil …

Analytical expressions to determine the isothermal compressibility tensor and the isobaric thermal expansion tensor for monoclinic crystals: application to determine …

KS Knight - Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 2010 - Springer
Expressions are presented to allow the simple determination of the magnitudes and
directions of the principal axes for the isothermal compressibility tensor and the isobaric …

Fast seismic anomalies under continents explained by the delaminated lower continental crust—Implications from high pressure‐temperature elasticity of jadeite

M Hao, WY Zhou, P Dera, B Schmandt… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic tomography has shown that the shear wave velocities (Vs) under continents,
especially under cratons, are extremely fast at 100–200 km depth, which is difficult to explain …

Raman spectroscopy of CaM2+Ge2O6 (M2+ = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn) clinopyroxenes

E Lambruschi, I Aliatis, L Mantovani… - Journal of Raman …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Raman spectra of Ge‐clinopyroxenes CaM2+ Ge2O6 (M2+= Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn),
general formula M2M1T2O6, are reported for the first time. Their spectral features are …

Thermodynamics of mantle minerals–III: the role of iron

L Stixrude, C Lithgow-Bertelloni - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We expand the scope of HeFESTo by encompassing the rich physics of iron in the mantle,
including the existence of multiple valence and spin states. In our previous papers, we …

The effect of pressure on the elastic properties and seismic anisotropy of diopside and jadeite from atomic scale simulation

AM Walker - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2012 - Elsevier
The full elastic constants tensors of diopside (CaMgSi2O6) and jadeite (NaAlSi2O6) have
been calculated using a planewave and pseudopotentials based implementation of density …

Compressibility trends of the clinopyroxenes, and in-situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of jadeite

AC McCarthy, RT Downs… - American …, 2008 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The crystal structure of a natural jadeite, NaAlSi2O6, was studied at room temperature over
the pressure range 0–9.17 GPa using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Unit-cell data were …