Subducted banded iron formations as a source of ultralow-velocity zones at the core-mantle boundary

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7031, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Dobson, David P ^a   Brodholt, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IRON COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICA;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; RADIAL-EARTH REFERENCE MODELS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; ULTRALOW-VELOCITY ZONES (ULVZ);

VELOCITY CONTROL;

IRON OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SUBDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DENSITY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 16344370576     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03430     Document Type: Article

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