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Kono et al. 2004
Kono, Y., Ishikawa, M. and Arima, M. (2004). Discontinuous change in temperature derivative of Vp in lower crustal rocks. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2004GL020964. issn: 0094-8276.

Compressional wave velocities (Vp) of gabbronorite, pyroxene granulite, wehrlite and websterite were measured up to 1000¿C at 1 GPa during heating and cooling. The wehrlite and websterite, which contain secondary hydrous minerals, show irreversible change in temperature derivative of Vp (∂Vp/∂T). During heating, these rocks show sudden decrease in Vp when dehydration reactions took place. During cooling, the rocks show a linear increase in Vp. In contrast, the gabbronorite and pyroxene granulite, which are nearly dry crystalline assemblage, show reversible and discontinuous change in ∂Vp/∂T at around 400¿C. It changes from -2.4 and -2.1 ¿ 10-4 km s-1 ¿C-1 to -4.7 and -4.5 ¿ 10-4 km s-1 ¿C-1. This reversible and discontinuous change in ∂Vp/∂T is difficult to explain by the previously proposed mechanisms, such as thermal cracking, dehydration reaction, and/or partial melting. The data suggest that this reversible and discontinuous change would be associated with phase transition in plagioclase.

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Keywords
Mineral Physics, Elasticity and anelasticity, Physical Properties of Rocks, Acoustic properties, Tectonophysics, Earth's interior—composition and state
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Geophysical Research Letters
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