Estimates of the transition zone temperature in a mechanically mixed upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 244-252

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mantle; mechanical mixing; mineral physics; temperature; travel times

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DIFFUSIVITIES; EARTH'S MANTLES; HARZBURGITE; HIGHEST TEMPERATURES; MANTLE; MECHANICAL MIXING; MECHANICAL MIXTURES; MEDIAN VALUES; MINERAL PHYSICS; MODEL-BASED; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURES; REFERENCE MODELS; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SHEAR VELOCITY PROFILES; SHEAR WAVE REFLECTIONS; STIRRING TIMES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRANSITION ZONE THICKNESSES; TRANSITION ZONES; TRAVEL TIMES; UPPER MANTLES; WESTERN PACIFIC;

BASALT; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; VELOCITY;

TEMPERATURE;

BASALT; DIFFUSIVITY; HARZBURGITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PACIFIC PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 57749120285     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.024     Document Type: Article

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