Anomalies of temperature and iron in the uppermost mantle inferred from gravity data and tomographic models

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 245-264

  Deschamps, Frédéric ^a   Trampert, Jeannot ^a   Snieder, Roel ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY ANOMALY; IRON; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0036120267     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00294-1     Document Type: Article

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