Thermochemical interpretation of one-dimensional seismic reference models for the upper mantle: Evidence for bias due to heterogeneity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 627-648

  Cobden, Laura ^a   Goes, Saskia ^a   Cammarano, Fabio ^b   Connolly, James A D ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body waves; Composition of the mantle; Equations of state; Mantle processes; Phase transitions; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EQUATION OF STATE; GEODYNAMICS; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 53549111840     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03903.x     Document Type: Article

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