Lower mantle composition and temperature from mineral physics and thermodynamic modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 973-990

  Mattern, Estelle ^a   Matas, Jan ^a   Ricard, Y ^b   Bass, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk modulus; Density; Inverse problem; Mantle; Mineralogy; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

BULK MODULUS; DENSITY; LOWER MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 15944376567     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02549.x     Document Type: Review

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