Three-dimensional structures and dynamics in the deep mantle: Effects of post-perovskite phase change and deep mantle layering

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT CONVECTION; MORPHOLOGY; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHEAR WAVES;

BOUNDARY STRUCTURES; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CONVECTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 33750602855     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025719     Document Type: Article

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