We have investigated by first principles the compressional behavior of low-pressure (LP) and highpressure (HP) MgSiO3 clinoenstatite. We have carefully examined unit-cell shapes, chain angles, and polyhedral volume responses, such as angle variances and quasi-elongations, under pressure at room temperature. We have observed opposite behavior of the tetrahedra in the S-rotated and O-rotated chai...

Growth of bis (thiourea) cadmium formate single crystals from aqueous solution by slow evaporation technique has been reported. To optimize the growth conditions, nucleation parameters such as metastable zone width and induction period values are determined. The grown crystals are characterized by powder XRD technique. Thermal studies by TGA and DTA techniques confirm the decomposition of the s...

The influence of magnetic field on some kinetic crystallization parameters of the systems zinc sulfate – water and copper sulfate – water were investigated in a series of controlled batch cooling experiments. The solutions were exposed to magnetic fields with different intensities, up to a maximum of 0.7 T. A clear influence of magnetic field on the zinc sulfate crystallization parameters was f...

We calculate physical properties of rocks in subduction zones using a compilation of mineral physical property measurements, a new set of phase diagrams and subduction-zone thermal models, and apply our results to Cascadia. Observed P-wave speeds of the Juan de Fuca plate west of the Cascadia trench are best matched by a greenschist-facies upper crust and metastable, partially hydrated lower cr...

The 2013M8.3 Okhotsk earthquake involves two primary mechanisms of deep-focus earthquake rupture, mineral phase transformation of olivine to spinel and thermal shear instability. Backprojection imaging of broadband seismograms recorded by the North American and European networks indicates bilateral rupture toward NE and SSE. The rupture paths of the NE segment and other regional M7 earthquakes ...

The Ediacaran Period (635 to 542 million years ago) was a time of fundamental environmental and evolutionary change, culminating in the first appearance of macroscopic animals. Here, we present a detailed spatial and temporal record of Ediacaran ocean chemistry for the Doushantuo Formation in the Nanhua Basin, South China. We find evidence for a metastable zone of euxinic (anoxic and sulfidic) ...