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Lars Stixrude
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 202
Citations - 12469
Lars Stixrude is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mantle (geology) & Transition zone. The author has an hindex of 58, co-authored 191 publications receiving 11311 citations. Previous affiliations of Lars Stixrude include University of California, Berkeley & University of Minnesota.
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Thermodynamics of mantle minerals - II. Phase equilibria
TL;DR: In this paper, a thermodynamic method for the computation of phase equilibria and physical properties of multiphase assemblages is presented, and a global inversion strategy for determining the values of the free parameters in their theory and compare inverted parameter values with expectations based on scaling arguments.
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Thermodynamics of mantle minerals – I. Physical properties
TL;DR: In this article, a theory for the computation of phase equilibria and physical properties of multicomponent assemblages relevant to the mantle of the Earth is presented, which is based on the concept of fundamental thermodynamic relations appropriately generalized to anisotropic strain and encompassing elasticity in addition to the usual isotropic thermodynamic properties.
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Petrology, elasticity, and composition of the mantle transition zone
Joel Ita,Lars Stixrude +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the predictions of compositional models of the mantle transition zone to observed seismic properties by constructing phase diagrams in the MgO-FeO-CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 system and estimating the elasticity of the relevant minerals.
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Structure and elasticity of MgO at high pressure
TL;DR: The structural and elastic properties of MgO periclase were studied up to 150 GPa with the first-principles pseudopotential method within the local density approximation as mentioned in this paper.