High Pressure-Temperature Single-Crystal Elasticity of Grossular: Implications for the Low-Velocity Layer in the Bottom Transition Zone

Wei, W; Mao, Z; Sun, NY; Sun, DY; Tkachev, SN

Mao, Z (corresponding author), Univ Sci & Technol China, Sch Earth & Planetary Sci, Lab Seismol & Phys Earths Interior, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China.; Mao, Z (corresponding author), Univ Sci & Technol China, CAS Ctr Excellence Comparat Planetol, Hefei, Anhui, Peoples R China.

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 2021; 48 (9):

Abstract

We determined the single-crystal elasticity of Fe3+-bearing grossular using Brillouin scattering up to 22 GPa and 1,000 K. Using the obtained results,......

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