The influence of phase boundary deflection on velocity anomalies of stagnant slabs in the transition zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Chambers, K ^a   Pysklywec, R N ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHY; PHASE BOUNDARIES; VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY DEFLECTION; ENDOTHERMIC PHASE CHANGE; GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION; MANTLE CONVECTION MODELS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; TIME-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE;

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0346911829     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017754     Document Type: Article

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