most citedTheoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3 in Earth's D" layer

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Theoretical and experimental evidence for a post-perovskite phase of MgSiO3 in Earth's D" layer

A. R. Oganov, S. Ono

The Earth's lower mantle is believed to be composed mainly of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite, with lesser amounts of (Mg,Fe)O and CaSiO3). But it has not been possible to explain many unus…