The fate of the slabs interacting with a density/viscosity hill in the mid-mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 271-282

  Morra, G ^a,b   Yuen, D A ^c   Boschi, L ^b   Chatelain, P ^b   Koumoutsakos, P ^b   Tackley, P J ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid mantle viscosity; Slab mantle interaction; Spin transition; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FAST MULTIPOLE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH-TO-LOW; LARGE PLATE; LOW-SPIN TRANSITION; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE VISCOSITY; MINERAL PHYSICS; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PACIFIC PLATES; PERICLASE; PLATE SYSTEMS; RADIAL PROFILES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SINKING VELOCITY; SLAB MORPHOLOGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPIN TRANSITION; STRONG SIGNAL; TIME ACCUMULATION; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TRANSITIONAL LAYERS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

VISCOSITY;

CENOZOIC; COMPLEXITY; DENSITY; DISCONTINUITY; GEODYNAMICS; LOWER MANTLE; PACIFIC PLATE; PERICLASE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; TETHYS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77953284702     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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