Interaction of small mantle plumes with the spinel-perovskite phase boundary: Implications for chemical mixing

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 241-254

  Marquart, Gabriele ^a   Schmeling, Harro ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Mixing; Perovskite; Phase transitions; Spinel

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE PLUME; MIXING; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

EID: 0034032459     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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