The upper mantle and transition zone

Elements

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-176

  Frost, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Phase transformation; Pyrolite; Ringwoodite; Seismic discontinuity; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; PYROLITE; RINGWOODITE; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; THERMAL BEHAVIOURS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WADSLEYITE;

MINERALS;

LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MINERAL PROPERTY; PLATE TECTONICS; PYROLITE; RHEOLOGY; RINGWOODITE; ROCK PROPERTY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 48749107603     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS.4.3.171     Document Type: Article

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