Seismic evidence for a thermo-chemical boundary at the base of the Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 141-153

  Wen, Lianxing ^a   Silver, Paul ^b   James, David ^b   Kuehnel, Randy ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Core mantle boundary; Differentiation; Earth; Partial melting; Thermochemical properties

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 0034905644     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00365-X     Document Type: Article

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