Thermo-chemical structure in the mantle arising from a three-component convective system and implications for geochemistry

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 125-138

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMB; Mantle plumes; OIB reservoirs; Seismic anomalies; Thermo chemical convection

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 3042730991     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.05.006     Document Type: Article

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