Seismic imaging of the D'' and constraints on the core heat flux

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 258-270

  Monnereau, Marc ^a   Yuen, Dave A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core heat flow; D layer; Mantle convection; Post perovskite

Indexed keywords

CLAPEYRON SLOPE; CONVECTION MODEL; COOLING CURVE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ERROR FUNCTION; GEOTHERMS; HALF-SPACE; HEAT FLOWS; LOCAL HEAT; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE VISCOSITY; NON-GAUSSIAN; POST-PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SEISMIC IMAGING;

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; HEAT TRANSFER; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT FLUX;

CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HALF SPACE; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; IMAGING METHOD; MANTLE CONVECTION; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC METHOD; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77953289486     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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