Structural heterogeneity of an ultra-low-velocity zone beneath the Philippine Islands: Implications for core-mantle chemical interactions induced by massive partial melting at the bottom of the mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 80-90

  Idehara, Koki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core mantle chemical interactions; D layer; Partial melting; ScP; Ultra low velocity zone

Indexed keywords

BASAL LAYER; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CORE-MANTLE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FORWARD MODELING; LOW-VELOCITY LAYERS; LOW-VELOCITY ZONE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PARTIAL MELTING; PHILIPPINE ISLAND; S VELOCITY; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SCP; SEISMIC NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; THIN LAYERS; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFIELDS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MELTING;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HETEROGENEITY; LOWER MANTLE; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; S-WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY;

JAPAN; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 78651490884     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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