Scale limits of free-silica seismic scatterers in the lower mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Bina, Craig R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armored relics; Diffusion; Free silica; Lower mantle; Metabasalt; Seismic scatterers

Indexed keywords

ARMORED RELICS; FREE SILICA; LOWER MANTLE; METABASALT; SEISMIC SCATTERERS;

DIFFUSION; PEROVSKITE; SCATTERING; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATES;

SILICA;

BASALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOWER MANTLE; METABASALT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PEROVSKITE; SEISMIC WAVE; SILICA; SILICA MINERAL; SUBDUCTION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 78649448217     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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