Seismological constraints on a possible plume root at the core-mantle boundary

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7042, 2005, Pages 666-669

  Rost, Sebastian ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^a   Williams, Quentin ^b   Manga, Michael ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DATA ACQUISITION; DRAINAGE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EARTH'S CRUST; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SILICATE MANTLE; THERMAL INSTABILITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

SILICATE;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; AUSTRALIA; COMPRESSION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY; EARTH CORE; EARTH CRUST; EARTH MANTLE; GEOLOGY; PLUME ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 20444499401     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03620     Document Type: Article

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