Recreating Giants Impacts in the Laboratory: Shock Compression of MgSiO3 Bridgmanite to 14 Mbar
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DOI: 10.1029/2019gl085476
Abstract: Understanding giant impacts requires accurate description of how extreme pressures and temperatures affect the physical properties of the constituent materials. Here, we report shock experiments on two polymorphs of MgSiO 3 : enstatite and bridgmanite… read more here.
Keywords: density; mbar; recreating giants; shock ... See more keywords