A speculation on the structure of the D″ layer: The growth of anti-crust at the core-mantle boundary through the subduction history of the Earth

Gondwana Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 342-353

  Komabayashi, Tetsuya ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Rino, Shuji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti crust; Continental subduction; Core mantle boundary; D layer; Seismic discontinuity

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 62949178952     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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