On the Vp/Vs-Mg# correlation in mantle peridotites: Implications for the identification of thermal and compositional anomalies in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 606-618

  Afonso, Juan Carlos ^a   Ranalli, Giorgio ^b   Fernàndez, Manel ^c   Griffin, William L ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Faul, Ulrich ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation; composition; density; seismic velocities; upper mantle; xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ANELASTIC ATTENUATION; ANHARMONIC; BULK DENSITY; COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; HYBRID METHOD; LARGE PARTS; LITHOSPHERIC DOMAINS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MODAL COMPOSITION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RESOLUTION LIMITS; RICH PHASE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; THERMAL ANOMALIES; THERMODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK; UPPER MANTLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GARNETS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; VELOCITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORRELATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIDOTITE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

EID: 73449139725     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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