Thermochemical interpretation of 1-D seismic data for the lower mantle: The significance of nonadiabatic thermal gradients and compositional heterogeneity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Cobden, Laura ^b,d   Goes, Saskia ^d   Ravenna, Matteo ^d   Styles, Elinor ^d   Cammarano, Fabio ^a   Gallagher, Kerry ^c   Connolly, James A D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENRICHMENT; EQUATION OF STATE; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; MINERAL PROPERTY; PYROLITE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 72049102865     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006262     Document Type: Article

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