The influence of MORB and harzburgite composition on thermo-chemical mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell with self-consistently calculated mineral physics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 403-412

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^a   Deschamps, Frederic ^a   Connolly, James A D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mantle layering; MORB composition; NCFMAS; Seismic tomography; Thermo chemical mantle convection

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL MODELS; CONVECTION MODEL; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; FREE ENERGY MINIMIZATION; HARZBURGITES; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE; MINERAL PHYSICS; MODEL SPECTRA; OXIDE FRACTIONS; POST-PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHIC MODELS; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL HETEROGENEITY; SPHERICAL SHELL; THERMO-CHEMICAL; THERMO-CHEMICAL STRUCTURES;

BASALT; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON OXIDES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HARZBURGITE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MODELING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 77954660768     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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