Sh. Shim et al., The stability and P-V-T equation of state of CaSiO3 perovskite in the Earth's lower mantle, J GEO R-SOL, 105(B11), 2000, pp. 25955-25968
Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction measurements for polycrystalline CaSiO3
perovskite were carried out at in situ transition zone and lower mantle P-
T conditions (P=18-96 GPa, T=1238-2419 K) using the diamond anvil cell and
double-sided laser heating at the GeoSoilEnviro Consortium for Advanced Rad
iation Sources (GSECARS) sector of the Advanced Photon Source. An analysis
of the temperature error sources in laser heating reveals that the axial an
d radial thermal gradients are the greatest error source, We have used meas
urements where the combined temperature error (1 sigma) from all sources is
<150 K. By obtaining X-ray diffraction patterns at 8-22 GPa and 300-2200 K
range, the high-temperature phase boundary between CaSi2O5+Ca2SiO4 and CaS
iO3 perovskite was determined to be 14-16 GPa, in contrast to the results o
f previous large-volume press (LVP) measurements (9-11 GPa). The stability
of cubic CaSiO3 perovskite was confirmed to 2300 km depth in the Earth's in
terior. No evidence of phase transformation or break down to oxides was obs
erved. The proposed tetragonal distortion, and hence the phase transformati
on from distorted phase to cubic, was not observed. The combined data set o
f this study and earlier LVP measurements was fit to a Birch-Murnaghan-Deby
e equation. By fixing V-0 = 27.45 cm(3)/mol, K-T0 = 236 GPa, and K-T0' = 3.
9 from recent static compression data and <theta>(0) = 1000 K, we obtain ga
mma (0) = 1.92 +/- 0.5 and q = 0.6 +/- 0.3. Although data to 69 GPa and 238
0 K were used in the fitting, this result is also consistent with measureme
nts to 96 GPa. This result yields not only density and bulk modulus but als
o higher-order thermoelastic parameters, such as thermal expansivity and te
mperature dependence of bulk modulus, at lower mantle P-T condition in an i
nternally consistent way. This direct measurement of the equation of state
at lower mantle condition verifies that the density and bulk modulus of CaS
iO3 perovskite at lower mantle P-T conditions are very close to seismic val
ues (within 1.5 and 3.0%, respectively). These differences are sufficiently
small that the abundance of CaSiO3 perovskite will have negligible effects
on density and bulk modulus profiles for the mantle.