A post-perovskite lens and D″ heat flux beneath the central Pacific

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5803, 2006, Pages 1272-1276

  Lay, Thorne ^a   Hernlund, John ^b   Garnero, Edward J ^c   Thorne, Michael S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; PEROVSKITE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORE MANTLE BOUNDARY HEAT FLUX; MANTLE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; POST PEROVSKITE MINERALS;

LENSES;

IRON; PEROVSKITE;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PEROVSKITE; S-WAVE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; HEAT TRANSFER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33751563299     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133280     Document Type: Article

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