Global mapping of the electrically conductive lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1461-1464

  Petersons, H F ^a   Constable, S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; GEOMAGNETISM; SILICATE MINERALS;

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LOWER MANTLE;

GEOMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ELASTICITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MANTLE (LOWER); MINERAL TRANSITION;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMAGNETIC SPECTRUMS; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; TWO-PARAMETER MODELS;

EID: 0030158163     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01412     Document Type: Article

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