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Papers in refereed journals

  • S.-H. Shim, K. Catalli, J. Hustoft, A. Kubo, V. B. Prakapenka, W. A. Caldwell, and M. Kunz (2008) Crystal structure and thermoelastic properties of (Mg0.91Fe0.09)SiO3 postperovskite up to 135 GPa and 2700 K. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in press.
  • K. Catalli, S.-H. Shim, and V. B. Prakapenka (2008) A crystalline-to-crystalline phase transition in Ca(OH)2 at 8 GPa and room temperature. Geophysical Research Letters 35 L05312. [PDF]
  • S.-H. Shim (2008) The postperovskite transition. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, in press.
  • A. Kubo, B. Kiefer, S.-H. Shim, G. Shen, V. B. Prakapenka, R. J. Cava, and T. S. Duffy (2008) Rietveld structure refinement of MgGeO3 post perovskite phase to 1 Mbar. American Mineralogist, in press.
  • S. P. Slotznick and S.-H. Shim (2008) In situ Raman spectroscopy measurements of MgAl2O4 spinel up to 1400 C. American Mineralogist 93, 470–476. [PDF]
  • S.-H. Shim, A. Kubo, and T. S. Duffy (2007) Raman spectroscopy of perovskite and post-perovskite phases of MgGeO3 to 123 GPa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 260, 166-178. [PDF]
  • R. D. van der Hilst, M. V. de Hoop, P. Wang, S.-H. Shim, P. Ma, and L. Tenorio (2007) Seismostratigraphy and thermal structure of Earth's core-mantle boundary region. Science
    315, 1813-1817. [PDF]
  • Santillan, J., Shim, S.-H., Shen, G., and Prakapenka, V. B. (2006) High-pressure phase transition in bixbyite - Application for the crystal structure and properties of the CaIrO3-type. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L15307 [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Rekhi, S., Martin, M. C., Jeanloz, R. (2006) Vibrational spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction of Cd(OH)2 to 23 GPa at 300 K. Physical Review B 74, 024107 [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H. (2005) Stability of MgSiO3 perovskite in the lower mantle. In Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, composition, and Evolution, Geophysics Monogram, American Geophysical Union, 261-282 [PDF]
  • Lay, T., Heinz, D., Ishii, M., Shim, S.-H., Tsuchiya, J., Tsuchiya, T.,Wentzcovitch, R., and Yuen, D. (2005) Multidisciplinary impact of the deep mantle phase transition in perovskite structure. Eos Trans., 86, 1–4. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Duffy, T. S., Jeanloz, R., and Shen, G. (2004) Stability and crystal structure of MgSiO3 perovskite to the core-mantle boundary. Geophysical Research Letters 31, L10603. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Duffy, T. S., Jeanloz, R., Yoo, C.-S., and Iota, V. (2004) Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction of phase transitions in Cr2O3 to 61 GPa. Physical Review B 69, 144107. [PDF]
  • Lee, K. K. M., O’Neil, B., Panero, W. R., Shim, S.-H., Benedetti, L. R., and Jeanloz, R. (2004) Equations of state of the high-pressure phases of a natural peridotite and implications for the earth’s lower mantle. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 223, 381–393. [PDF]
  • Zha, C. S., Bassett, W. A., and Shim, S.-H. (2004) Rhenium, an in situ pressure calibrant for internally heated diamond anvil cells. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 75, 2409–2418. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Jeanloz, R., and Duffy, T. S. (2002) Tetragonal structure of CaSiO3 perovskite above 20 GPa. Geophysical Research Letters 29, 2166. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Duffy, T. S., and Takemura, K. (2002) Equation of state of gold and its application to the phase boundaries near 660-km depth in Earth's mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 203, 729-739. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H. and Duffy, T. S. (2002) Raman spectra of Fe2O3 to 62 GPa: Implications for thermodynamics and phase transformation. American Mineralogist 87, 318-326. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H. , Duffy, T. S., and Shen, G. (2001) Stability and structure of MgSiO3 perovskite to 2300-km depth of earth's mantle. Science 293, 2437-2440. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Duffy, T. S., and Shen, G. (2001) The post-spinel phase boundary in Mg2SiO4 and its relation to the 660-km seismic discontinuity. Nature 411, 571-574. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Duffy, T. S., and Shen, G. (2000) The stability and P-V-T equation of state of CaSiO3 perovskite in the earth's lower mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 25955-25968. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Duffy, T. S., and Shen, G. (2000) The equation of state of CaSiO3 perovskite to 108 GPa at 300 K. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 120, 327-338. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H. and Duffy, T. S. (2000) Constraints on the P-V-T equation of state of MgSiO3 perovskite. American Mineralogist 85, 354-363. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Navrotsky, A., Gaffney, T. R., and McDougall, J. (1999) Chabazite: energetics of hydration, enthalpy of formation, and effect of cations on stability. American Mineralogist 84, 1870-1882. [PDF]
  • Shim, S.-H., Kim, S. J., and Ahn, J. H. (1996) Quantitative analysis of alkali feldspar minerals using Rietveld refinement of X-ray diffraction data. American Mineralogist 81, 1133-1140.
  • Shim, S.-H., Ahn, J. H., and Kim, S. J. (1994) Quantitative analysis of feldspar mixture samples using Rietveld refinement method. Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea 7, 62-79.

 

 

 
         
       
by Dan Shim, 03/16/2008 18:21