Elastic wave velocities of peridotite KLB‐1 at mantle pressures and implications for mantle velocity modeling

Wang, Xuebing; Chen, Ting; Zou, Yongtao; Liebermann, Robert C.; Li, Baosheng

doi:10.1002/2015GL063436

Elastic wave velocities of peridotite KLB‐1 at mantle pressures and implications for mantle velocity modeling

Journal Article · Tue May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063436· OSTI ID:1402355

Wang, Xuebing ^[1]; Chen, Ting ^[1]; Zou, Yongtao ^[2]; Liebermann, Robert C. ^[3]; Li, Baosheng ^[2]

Department of Geosciences Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USA
Mineral Physics Institute Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USA
Department of Geosciences Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USA, Mineral Physics Institute Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York USA

Abstract

Compressional ( V _P ) and shear ( V _S ) wave velocities of a synthetic KLB‐1 peridotite were measured for the first time up to 10 GPa using ultrasonic interferometry. Analysis of the P and S wave velocities yielded K ₀ = 123(1) GPa, K ₀ ′ = 5.1(2), G ₀ = 75(1) GPa, and G ₀ ′= 1.3(1) for the bulk and shear moduli and their pressure derivatives. Comparison with Voigt‐Reuss‐Hill (VRH) calculations based on literature elasticity data for its constituent minerals indicates that the experimentally measured P and S wave velocities, densities, bulk sound velocities, and V _P / V _S ratios fall close to the lower limit of VRH averages associated with the uncertainties of the mineral elasticity data. A comparison with previous modeling of mantle compositions implies that the velocities for an aggregate with the pyrolitic composition of KLB‐1 are in close agreement with seismic data at the depths of the Earth's upper mantle.

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