On the interaction of the geotherm with a post-perovskite phase transition in the deep mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 222-234

  Hernlund, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core mantle heat flow; D"; Mantle convection; Mantle phase transitions; Post perovskite

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE REGION; CORE-MANTLE; GEOTHERMS; IN-PHASE; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CO-EXISTENCE; POST-PEROVSKITE; POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE INCREMENTS; REVERSE TRANSFORMATION; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TWO-PHASE LOOP;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SEISMOLOGY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLOW; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MANTLE CONVECTION; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77953232209     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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