Seismological support for the metastable superplume model, sharp features, and phase changes within the lower mantle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 9151-9155

  Sun, Daoyuan ^a   Tan, Eh ^a,b   Helmberger, Don ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; P VELOCITY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; S VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34547498151     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608160104     Document Type: Article

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