Testing plausible upper-mantle compositions using fine-scale models of the 410-km discontinuity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1641-1644

  Gaherty, James B ^a   Wang, Yanbin ^b   Jordan, Thomas H ^c   Weidner, Donald J ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MODEL STRUCTURES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERAL PHYSICS; PLAUSIBLE UPPER MANTLE COMPOSITIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; REFLECTION;

DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; PYROLITE; UPPER MANTLE;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; CUBIC FUNCTION; FINITE-FREQUENCY EFFECTS; MANTLE COMPOSITION; MINERAL PHYSICS; PYROLITE MANTLE; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

EID: 0033153647     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900312     Document Type: Article

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