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Anomalous sound velocities in polycrystalline MgO under non-hydrostatic compression

  • A. E. Gleason
  • , H. Marquardt
  • , B. Chen
  • , S. Speziale
  • , J. Wu
  • , R. Jeanloz
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Abstract

Brillouin scattering from polycrystalline MgO (periclase) non-hydrostatically compressed to, and decompressed from, 60 GPa at room temperature documents shear- and compressional-wave velocities ∼20% lower than values measured under hydrostatic compression. Calculations reveal that wave velocities can be lowered due to the elastic effects of non-hydrostatic stresses, but by only a few percent. Neither these elastic effects nor preferred orientation can account for the reduction in the sound velocity.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberL03304
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

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