Abstract
ABSTRACT The sound velocities of polycrystalline Mg-phase D were investigated at the pressure up to 13.6 GPa and room temperature, using ultrasonic interferometry in a multi-anvil apparatus. The P (VP ) and S (VS ) wave velocities obtained at ambient conditions produced the results of VP = 9.26(3) km/s and VS = 5.46(1) km/s. The results are in accordance with the values for Mg-phase D by Brillouin scattering (VP = 9.25 km/s and VS = 5.51km/s). The results, i.e. Ks0 = 153.8(13) GPa and G0 = 99.8(5) GPa obtained through two-dimensional linear fitting analysis are self-consistent with Ks0 = 153.3(16) GPa and G0 = 99.5(10) GPa derived by third-order Eulerian finite strain equations. We also find that Vp of phase D is 1.8–2.2% lower than Fe-ringwoodite, but Vs is higher than Fe-ringwoodite at the bottom of the mantle transition zone by up to 1.3%.
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