A bound on heat flow below a double crossing of the perovskite-postperovskite phase transition

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Buffett, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; MINERALOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

MANTLE; PEROVSKITE-POSTPEROVSKITE PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

PEROVSKITE;

ADVECTION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 35948991084     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030930     Document Type: Article

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