The effect of bulk composition and temperature on mantle seismic structure

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 70-79

  Xu, Wenbo ^a   Lithgow Bertelloni, Carolina ^b   Stixrude, Lars ^b   Ritsema, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equilibrium assemblage; mantle composition; mantle discontinuity; mechanical mixture; shear velocity; transition zone

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM ASSEMBLAGE; MANTLE COMPOSITION; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MECHANICAL MIXTURE; SHEAR VELOCITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEISMOLOGY;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; HARZBURGITE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION ZONE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 53249107167     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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