Geophysical inferences of thermal‐chemical structures in the lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 899-902

  Yuen, D A ^a   Cadek, O ^b   Chopelas, A ^a   Matyska, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Max Planck Institut f Geochemie ^*  (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; MANTLE (LOWER); MANTLE PLUME; MINERAL PHYSICS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0027435787     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/93GL00867     Document Type: Article

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