In-situ elasticity measurement for the unquenchable high-pressure clinopyroxene phase: Implication for the upper mantle

@KS/@ T= � 0.017(1) GPa K � 1 and (@G/@T) = � 0.015(1) GPa K � 1 . Our results show that the elastic velocities of HP-CEN are not only higher than those of OEN but also higher than olivine at upper mantle conditions. According to these new data, the elastic velocities for the ‘‘depleted’’ mantle composition, with � 20 vol% of HP-CEN, would result in � 0.8% and � 1.6% in difference for P and S waves, respectively, when OEN data were used in previous calculations. Newly measured results also suggest that it is possible to distinguish ‘‘undepleted’’ and ‘‘depleted’’ composition models in the upper mantle. Citation: Kung, J., B. Li, T. Uchida, and Y. Wang (2005), In-situ elasticity measurement for the unquenchable high-pressure clinopyroxene phase: Implication for the upper mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L01307, doi:10.1029/2004GL021661.

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