Unsolved problems in the lowermost mantle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Hirose, Kei ^a   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^b   Cormier, Vernon F ^c   Brodholt, John P ^d   Yuen, David A ^e  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; D REGION; LANDFORMS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

LOWERMOST MANTLE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 33746631364     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025691     Document Type: Article

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