The Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6846, 2001, Pages 501-507

  Helffrich, George R ^a,b   Wood, Bernard J ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; HEAT CONVECTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; METAL OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERAL ALTERATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035797422     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35087500     Document Type: Review

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