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Journal Article | PUBDB-2024-06367 |
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2024
Wiley
Hoboken, NJ
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1029/2024JB028823
Abstract: The thermal conductivity of bridgmanite, the primary constituent of the Earth's lower mantle, has been investigated using diamond anvil cells at pressures up to 85 GPa and temperatures up to 3,100 K. We report the results of time-domain optical laser flash heating and X-ray Free Electron Laser heating experiments from a variety of bridgmanite samples with different Al and Fe contents. The results demonstrate that Fe or Fe,Al incorporation in bridgmanite reduces thermal conductivity by about 50% in comparison to end-member MgSiO$_3$ at the pressure-temperature conditions of Earth's lower mantle. The effect of temperature on the thermal conductivity at 28–60 GPa is moderate, well described as $k = k_{300}(300/T)^a$, where a is 0.2–0.5. The results yield thermal conductivity of 7.5–15 W/(m × K) in the thermal boundary layer of the lowermost mantle composed of Fe,Al-bearing bridgmanite.
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