majoritic garnet
basaltic garnet component of crustal density models
Birch-Murnaghan (order unspecified) · Original · 1996
V₀
—
Unknown basis
K₀
226
GPa
Isothermal
K′
4
dimensionless
Volume (V₀)
| Value | Unit | Basis | Z |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | Unknown basis | — |
Reported value and unit are preserved as extracted. Z (formula units per cell) is not stored yet, so molar ↔ ų/f.u. conversion is not applied automatically.
Composition
basaltic garnet component of crustal density models
Conditions & method
- Tref
- —
- Pref
- —
- Structure
- other / unspecified
- Method
- thermodynamic / mineral physics modelthermodynamic density modelling using this study's EOS
- Sample
- Table 4 crustal density model component (Majoritic Garnet, models 1-3)
Source
- Paper
- The stability and equation of state of majoritic garnet synthesized from natura…
- Authors
- J. W. Faust; Elise Knittle
- DOI
- 10.1029/96gl03027
- Year
- 1996
- Journal
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Origin
- Original (measured or fitted in the source paper)
Evidence from the paper
Models 2 and 3 are calculated using K0T of 226 GPa for basaltic garnet and a K0' of 4. ... c) θ=949, γ0=1.24, models 1 and 2 ρ0=3.7 g/cm³, model 3 ρ0=3.53 g/cm³, K0=226 GPa ... In all models dK0/dP is fixed at 4.
Additional notes
theta
949
gamma0
1.24
rho0 models 1 2
3.7 g/cm^3
rho0 model 3
3.53 g/cm^3
model 1 alternative
model 1 uses K0T of 164 GPa [Yagi et al., 1987] and K0' of 4 for the majorite garnet component