Some mineral physics constraints on the rheology and geothermal structure of Earth's lower mantle

American Mineralogist

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-391

  Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELASTICITY; MELTING POINT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PEROVSKITE; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRAIN; VISCOSITY;

ADIABATIC TEMPERATURE; CONTINUOUS FILMS; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GEOTHERMAL STRUCTURE; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; STRAIN-DEPENDENT;

MAGNESIA;

LOWER MANTLE; MINERALOGY; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035006575     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-2001-0401     Document Type: Article

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