Seismic observations of transition-zone discontinuities beneath hotspot locations

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 121-136

  Deuss, Arwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle discontinuities; Mantle plumes; Phase transitions; Seismology; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMAL PLUMES;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; TRANSITION ZONES;

LOCATION;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DATA SET; DISCONTINUITY; GARNET; GEODYNAMICS; HOT SPOT; MAJORITE; MANTLE PLUME; MINERAL; OLIVINE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 75749104621     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2430(141)     Document Type: Article

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