Influence of thermochemical piles on topography at Earth's core-mantle boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 443-455

  Lassak, Teresa Mae ^a   McNamara, Allen K ^a   Zhong, Shijie ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

CMB topography; mantle convection; mantle plumes; tomography

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ISOCHEMICAL CONVECTION; THERMOCHEMICAL MODEL; THERMOCHEMICAL PILES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

TECTONICS;

BUOYANCY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DOWNWELLING; MANTLE CONVECTION; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TOPOGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 34548516160     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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