Partial melting in a thermo-chemical boundary layer at the base of the mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 441-467

  Lay, Thorne ^a   Garnero, Edward J ^b   Williams, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

region; Mantle convection; Mantle heterogeneity; Mantle thermal boundary layers

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 3843145375     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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