The interaction between the post-perovskite phase change and a thermo-chemical boundary layer near the core-mantle boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 204-216

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D" region; Double crossing; Post perovskite phase change; Thermo chemical structures

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DOUBLE-CROSSING; POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE CHANGE; THERMO-CHEMICAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMO-CHEMICAL STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CONVECTION; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 26944471673     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.048     Document Type: Article

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