Mass transport mechanism between the upper and lower mantle in numerical simulations of thermochemical mantle convection with multicomponent phase changes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 11-27

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a,b   Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Counter flow; Geochemical reservoirs; Harzburgite; Multicomponent phase change; Thermochemical convection; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

MULTICOMPONENT PHASE CHANGES; PYROLITE; THERMOCHEMICAL MANTLE; TRANSITION ZONE;

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; GARNETS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

HARZBURGITE; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 12144275676     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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