Structure of the core‐mantle transition zone

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 49-59

  Lay, Thorne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; MANTLE CONVECTION; PLUME FORMATION; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMO-CHEMICAL BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL;

EID: 0024485935     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/89EO00024     Document Type: Article

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