Is a pyrolitic adiabatic mantle compatible with seismic data?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 227-243

  Cammarano, Fabio ^a,b   Goes, Saskia ^a   Deuss, Arwen ^b   Giardini, Domenico ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle; Mineral physics; Seismic models; Temperature

Indexed keywords

MANTLE SEISMIC STRUCTURES; PYROLITIC ADAIBATIC MANTLE; SEISMIC MODELS; SUPERADIABATIC TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

FREQUENCIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

PYROLITE; SEISMIC DATA; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 17044422514     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.01.031     Document Type: Article

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