A doubling of the post-perovskite phase boundary and structure of the Earth's lowermost mantle

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7035, 2005, Pages 882-886

  Hernlund, John W ^a   Thomas, Christine ^c   Tackley, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTH (PLANET); PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

MANTLE; PHASE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

PEROVSKITE;

PEROVSKITE;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; LOWER MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC WAVE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYNAMICS; FREEZING; GEOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 17644425635     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03472     Document Type: Article

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