Splitting of the 520-kilometer seismic discontinuity and chemical heterogeneity in the mantle

Science

Volumn 319, Issue 5869, 2008, Pages 1515-1518

  Saikia, Ashima ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Rubie, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; PEROVSKITE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GARNET; MANTLE; OCEANIC CRUST; PEROVSKITE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; GEOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 40849124131     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1152818     Document Type: Article

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