Stability of a compressible hydrous melt layer above the transition zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 78-86

  Youngs, Bryony A R ^a   Bercovici, David ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mantle dynamics; melt layer; stability analysis; transition zone

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELING; DENSITY CROSSOVER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; MANTLE DYNAMICS; MELT LAYER; MELT PHASE; MINERAL PHYSICS; SOLID-PHASE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DYNAMICS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

STABILITY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROUS MINERAL; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MELT; SEISMOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 58649101317     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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