Effects of a perovskite-post perovskite phase change near core-mantle boundary in compressible mantle convection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT CONVECTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLOW; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MINERALOGY; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 7044220767     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020648     Document Type: Article

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