Suction mechanism for iron entrainment into the lower mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kanda, Ravi V S ^a   Stevenson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); INFILTRATION; IRON; LIQUID METALS; POROUS MATERIALS; STRESSES; TORQUE;

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; IRON ENTRAINMENT; LOWER MANTLE; SUCTION MECHANISM;

GEOPHYSICS;

IRON; LOWER MANTLE; SUCTION;

EID: 33644805849     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025009     Document Type: Article

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