American Mineralogist
PREFACE
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PREFACE: Dedication to Orson L. Anderson
Robert C. Liebermann and Donald G. Isaak
REGULAR ARTICLE
270
Thermal expansivity of mantle relevant magnesium silicates derived from vibrational spectroscopy at high pressure
Anastasia Chopelas
279
Differential laser-interferometer for thermal expansion measurements
Koji Masuda, Dave Erskine, and Orson L. Anderson
283
New diamond anvil cells for gigahertz ultrasonic interferometry and X-ray diffraction
W.A. Bassett, H.-J. Reichmann, R.J. Angel, H. Spetzler, and J.R. Smyth
288
Elasticity measurement of silica glass under gas pressure
Ichiro Ohno, Makoto Abe, Masaki Kimura, Yoichi Hanayama, HitoshiOda, and Isao Suzuki
292
Sound velocities of wadsleyite β-(Mg0.88Fe0.12)2SiO4 to 10 GPa
Baosheng Li and Robert C. Liebermann
296
Sound velocities and elastic properties of γ-Mg2SiO4 to 873 K by Brillouin spectroscopy
Jennifer M. Jackson, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, and Jay D. Bass
304
Harmonic and anharmonic properties of spinel MgAl2O4
Isao Suzuki, Ichiro Ohno, and Orson L. Anderson
312
The MD simulation of the equation of state of MgO: Application as a pressure calibration standard at high temperature and high pressure
Masanori Matsui, Stephen C. Parker, and Maurice Leslie
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Ab initio structure of MgSiO3 ilmenite at high pressure
B.B. Karki, W. Duan, C.R.S. da Silva, and R.M. Wentzcovitch
321
Thermoelasticity of silicate perovskites and magnesiowüstite and its implications for the Earth’s lower mantle
Juichiro Hama, Kaichi Suito, and Orson L. Anderson
338
Accuracy of equation-of-state formulations
Ronald E. Cohen, Oguz Gülseren, and Russell J. Hemley
345
Extrapolation of lower mantle properties to zero pressure: Constraints on composition and temperature
Frank D. Stacey and Donald G. Isaak
354
Constraints on the P-V-T equation of state of MgSiO3 perovskite
Sang-Heon Shim and Thomas S. Duffy
364
Structure analysis and stability field of β-iron at high P and T
Denis Andrault, Guillaume Fiquet, Thomas Charpin, and Tristan le Bihan
372
Iron phases at high pressures and temperatures: Phase transition and melting
S.K. Saxena and L.S. Dubrovinsky
376
Calculated melting curves for phases of iron
Orson L. Anderson and Donald G. Isaak
386
Grünesisen parameter of ε-iron up to 300 GPa from in-situ X-ray Study
L.S. Dubrovinsky, S.K. Saxena, N.A. Dubrovinskaia, S. Rekhi, and T. le Bihan
390
Grüneisen parameters and isothermal equations of state
L. Vocadlo, J.P. Poirer, and G.D. Price
ERRATUM
329
Thermodynamic functions at zero pressure and their relation to equations of state of minerals
Peter I. Dorogokupets
DEPOSIT ITEMS
329
Thermodynamic functions at zero pressure and their relation to equations of state of minerals
Peter I. Dorogokupets
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