[eBook Code] Post-Perovskite (eBook Code, 1st)

Preface
Charles T. Prewitt vii

An Introduction to Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition
Kei Hirose, John Brodholt, Thorne Lay, and David A. Yuen 1

Section I: Mineral Physics (Experimental)

Review of Experimental Studies on Mantle Phase Transitions
Takehiko Yagi 9

Discovery of Post-Perovskite Phase Transition and the Nature of D” Layer
Kei Hirose 19

Effect of Iron on the Properties of Post-Perovskite Silicate
Wendy L. Mao, Andrew J. Campbell, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Russell J. Hemley, and Ho-kwang Mao 37

Electronic Transitions and Spin States in the Lower Mantle
Jie Li 47

Lattice-Preferred Orientation of Lower Mantle Materials and Seismic Anisotropy in the D” Layer
Daisuke Yamazaki and Shun-ichiro Karato 69

Section II: Mineral Physics (Theoretical)

Thermodynamic Properties and Stability Field of MgSiO3 Post-Perovskite
Renata M. Wentzcovitch, Koichiro Umemoto, Taku Tsuchiya, and Jun Tsuchiya 79

The High-Temperature Elasticity of MgSiO3 Post-Perovskite
Stephen Stackhouse and John P. Brodholt 99

Effect of Chemistry on the Physical Properties of Perovskite and Post-Perovskite
Razvan Caracas and Ronald E. Cohen 115

Section III: Seismology

Reconciling the Post-Perovskite Phase With Seismological Observations of Lowermost Mantle Structure
Thorne Lay and Edward J. Garnero 129

Predicting a Global Perovskite and Post-Perovskite Phase Boundary
Daoyuan Sun, Don Helmberger, Xiaodong Song, and Stephen P. Grand 155

Seismic Anisotropy of Post-Perovskite and the Lowermost Mantle
James Wookey and John-Michael Kendall 171

Constraints on the Presence or Absence of Post-Perovskite in the Lowermost Mantle From
Long-Period Seismology
Christine Houser 191

Section IV: Dynamics

Mantle Dynamics and the D″ Layer: Impacts of the Post Perovskite Phase
W.R. Peltier 217

Influence of the Post-Perovskite Transition on Thermal and Thermo-Chemical Mantle Convection
Paul J. Tackley, Takashi Nakagawa, and John W. Hernlund 229

The Dynamical Influences From Physical Properties in the Lower Mantle and Post-Perovskite

Phase Transition
David A. Yuen, Ctirad Matyska, Ondr¡ej C¡adek, and Masanori Kameyama 249

Deformation-Induced Mechanical Instabilities at the Core-Mantle Boundary
Nick Petford, Tracy Rushmer, and David A. Yuen 271