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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS011 Oral Presentation 2117<br />

Ab initio modeling of seismic velocity structure of deep mantle<br />

Prof. Taku Tsuchiya<br />

Geodynamics Research Center Ehime University<br />

Jun Tsuchiya<br />

We calculated the acoustic velocities of perovskite and postperovskite in MgSiO3, Fe2+SiO3 and Al2O3<br />

compounds, using the density functional method for a pressure range of the Earths lower mantle. Both<br />

Fe and Al have considerable effects to decrease shear moduli of Mg-phases at deep mantle pressures,<br />

though the effects on the bulk moduli are small. We have also found that both Fe and Al influence<br />

elasticity of ppv more than that of pv. Therefore velocity contrasts between pv and ppv are expected to<br />

decrease with increasing Fe and Al contents. Using these data, we have modelled velocity structures of<br />

the deep mantle region. Positive velocity variations are suggested to hardly be produced in pv with the<br />

MORB composition. Research supported by Ehime Univ Project Fund.<br />

Keywords: postperovskite, elastic wave velocity, ab initio method

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