On the ability of phase transitions and viscosity layering to induce long wavelength heterogeneity in the mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1985-1988

  Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

LONG WAVELENGTH MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE VISCOSITY; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

GEOPHYSICS; VISCOSITY;

HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE VISCOSITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

CURRENT REGIMES; LONG WAVELENGTH; LOWER MANTLE VISCOSITIES; MEAN WAVELENGTH; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SUPERCRITICAL; THERMAL HETEROGENEITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

EID: 0030185922     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL01980     Document Type: Article

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