Dynamics and structure of a stirred partially molten ultralow-velocity zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Hernlund, John W ^a   Jellinek, A Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Partial melt dynamics; Ultralow velocity zone

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY EFFECT; CONVECTIVE MOTIONS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DENSE MELT; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; GEOLOGICAL TIME; KEY PROBLEMS; LIQUID PHASE; MELT MIGRATION; MOLTEN REGION; PARTIAL MELT; PARTIAL MELT DYNAMICS; PARTIALLY MOLTEN ROCKS; RETENTION AND DRAINAGE; SCALING ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHEAR VELOCITIES; SOLID GRAINS; SOLID MIXTURES; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONE; VISCOUS COUPLING; VISCOUS DEFORMATION;

BUOYANCY; SEISMOLOGY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY CONTROL;

VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE TENSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 77953808682     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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