The thermal signature of subducted lithospheric slabs at the core-mantle boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 551-562

  Mériaux, Catherine A ^a,b   Agnon, Amotz ^a   Lister, John R ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D'layer; Discontinuities; Mantle discontinuity; Plate tectonics; Seismology; Slabs; Subduction; Thermal anomalies

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0345491512     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00110-1     Document Type: Article

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