Phase transitions in pyrolite and MORB at lowermost mantle conditions: Implications for a MORB-rich pile above the core-mantle boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 107-117

  Ohta, Kenji ^a   Hirose, Kei ^a,b   Lay, Thorne ^c   Sata, Nagayoshi ^b   Ohishi, Yasuo ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

core mantle boundary; D"; perovskite; post perovskite; superplume

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MID-OCEANIC RIDGE BASALT; PYROLITE; SUPERPLUME;

BASALT; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHEAR WAVES; TECTONICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PYROLITE; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 39549092836     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.037     Document Type: Article

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