Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8915674 | Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | 2018 | 53 Pages |
Abstract
We revise the high pressure, high temperature phase diagram of CaCO3 using Raman spectroscopy in conjunction with laser heated diamond anvil cell experiments. We confirm numerous aspects of earlier studies, including a recent X-ray diffraction study about the stability field of CaCO3-VII. Our Raman results show that CaCO3-VII is stable in the lower mantle at a depth of 690-1010â¯km. Our DFT calculations show that the phase transition from aragonite to CaCO3-VII at â25â¯GPa and from CaCO3-VII to post-aragonite at â40â¯GPa are accompanied by density changes of 2% and 3.5%, respectively. Shear sound velocities change by 9% and â12% across the transitions, respectively. Hence, a sufficient amount, at least locally, of CaCO3 in the Earth's mantle can be detectable by an increase of the shear velocity at 690â¯km and a decrease of the shear velocity at 1010â¯km depths.
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Authors
L. Bayarjargal, C.-J. Fruhner, N. Schrodt, B. Winkler,