Phase transitions in pyrolitic mantle around 670-km depth: Implications for upwelling of plumes from the lower mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Hirose, Kei ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

670 km depth; Lower mantle; Phase transition; Plume; Pyrolite

Indexed keywords

DISCONTINUITY; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PYROLITE; SEISMICITY; UPWELLING;

EID: 0038275909     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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