Post-Perovskite

Kei Hirose and John Brodholt are the authors of Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition, published by Wiley.

• PrefaceCharles T. Prewitt viiAn Introduction to Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase TransitionKei Hirose, John Brodholt, Thorne Lay, and David A. Yuen 1Section I: Mineral Physics (Experimental) Review of Experimental Studies on Mantle Phase TransitionsTakehiko Yagi 9Discovery of Post-Perovskite Phase Transition and the Nature of D” LayerKei Hirose 19Effect of Iron on the Properties of Post-Perovskite SilicateWendy L. Mao, Andrew J. Campbell, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Russell J. Hemley, and Ho-kwang Mao 37Electronic Transitions and Spin States in the Lower MantleJie Li 47Lattice-Preferred Orientation of Lower Mantle Materials and Seismic Anisotropy in the D” LayerDaisuke Yamazaki and Shun-ichiro Karato 69Section II: Mineral Physics (Theoretical)Thermodynamic Properties and Stability Field of MgSiO3 Post-PerovskiteRenata M. Wentzcovitch, Koichiro Umemoto, Taku Tsuchiya, and Jun Tsuchiya 79The High-Temperature Elasticity of MgSiO3 Post-PerovskiteStephen Stackhouse and John P. Brodholt 99Effect of Chemistry on the Physical Properties of Perovskite and Post-PerovskiteRazvan Caracas and Ronald E. Cohen 115Section III: SeismologyReconciling the Post-Perovskite Phase With Seismological Observations of Lowermost Mantle StructureThorne Lay and Edward J. Garnero 129Predicting a Global Perovskite and Post-Perovskite Phase BoundaryDaoyuan Sun, Don Helmberger, Xiaodong Song, and Stephen P. Grand 155Seismic Anisotropy of Post-Perovskite and the Lowermost MantleJames Wookey and John-Michael Kendall 171Constraints on the Presence or Absence of Post-Perovskite in the Lowermost Mantle FromLong-Period SeismologyChristine Houser 191Section IV: DynamicsMantle Dynamics and the D″ Layer: Impacts of the Post Perovskite PhaseW.R. Peltier 217Influence of the Post-Perovskite Transition on Thermal and Thermo-Chemical Mantle ConvectionPaul J. Tackley, Takashi Nakagawa, and John W. Hernlund 229The Dynamical Influences From Physical Properties in the Lower Mantle and Post-PerovskitePhase TransitionDavid A. Yuen, Ctirad Matyska, Ondr¡ej C¡adek, and Masanori Kameyama 249Deformation-Induced Mechanical Instabilities at the Core-Mantle BoundaryNick Petford, Tracy Rushmer, and David A. Yuen 271