Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth's core-mantle boundary

VV Dobrosavljevic, D Zhang, W Sturhahn… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The high-pressure melting curve of FeO controls key aspects of Earth's deep interior and the
evolution of rocky planets more broadly. However, existing melting studies on wüstite were …

Experimental elasticity of Earth's deep mantle

H Marquardt, AR Thomson - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Geophysical remote-sensing methods, particularly seismology, provide an incredibly
detailed view of the structure and composition of Earth's mantle. The seismic velocity …

Introduction to high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering

AQR Baron - arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.01098, 2015 - arxiv.org
This paper reviews non-resonant, meV-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS), as applied
to the measurement of atomic dynamics of crystalline materials. It is designed to be an …

Lowermost mantle structure beneath the central Pacific Ocean: Ultralow velocity zones and seismic anisotropy

J Wolf, MD Long - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultralow velocity zones (ULVZs) and seismic anisotropy are both commonly detected in the
lowermost mantle at the edges of the two antipodal large low velocity provinces (LLVPs) …

Lowermost Mantle Anisotropy Beneath Africa From Differential SKSSKKS Shear‐Wave Splitting

MC Reiss, MD Long, N Creasy - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate seismic anisotropy in the lowermost mantle in the vicinity of the African large
low shear velocity province (LLSVP) using observations of differential SKS‐SKKS shear …

Strong ULVZ and slab interaction at the northeastern edge of the Pacific LLSVP favors plume generation

VH Lai, DV Helmberger… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Strong waveform complexities, including multipathing of the S diffracted phase and rapid
changes in differential ScS‐S times, are observed for multiple deep Fiji earthquakes …

[PDF][PDF] High-energy-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering spectrometer at beamline 30-ID of the advanced photon source

AH Said, H Sinn, TS Toellner, EE Alp… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.iucr.org
Inelastic X-ray scattering is a powerful and versatile technique for studying lattice dynamics
in materials of scientific and technological importance. In this article, the design and …

Quantum critical phase of FeO spans conditions of Earth's lower mantle

WGD Ho, P Zhang, K Haule, JM Jackson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Seismic and mineralogical studies have suggested regions at Earth's core-mantle boundary
may be highly enriched in FeO, reported to exhibit metallic behavior at extreme pressure …

Extensive iron–water exchange at Earth's core–mantle boundary can explain seismic anomalies

K Kawano, M Nishi, H Kuwahara, S Kakizawa… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Seismological observations indicate the presence of chemical heterogeneities at the
lowermost mantle, just above the core–mantle boundary (CMB), sparking debate over their …

Slab control on the northeastern edge of the mid‐Pacific LLSVP near Hawaii

D Sun, D Helmberger, VH Lai, M Gurnis… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
At the core‐mantle boundary, most observed ultralow velocity zones (ULVZs) cluster along
the edges of the large low shear velocity provinces (LLSVPs) and provide key information on …