Mixing properties in the Earth's mantle: Effects of the viscosity stratification and of oceanic crust segregation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Ferrachat, Sylvaine ^a   Ricard, Yanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

basalt geochemistry; D layer; fractionation process; Mantle dynamics; mixing of heterogeneities; recycling processes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; D REGION; GEOCHEMISTRY; RECYCLING; TECTONICS; VISCOSITY;

BASALT GEOCHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION PROCESS; MANTLE DYNAMICS; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; OCEANIC ISLAND BASALTS; RECYCLING PROCESS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; VISCOSITY STRATIFICATION;

MIXING;

EID: 33845798242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000092     Document Type: Article

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