Effects of low-viscosity post-perovskite on thermo-chemical mantle convection in a 3-D spherical shell

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Nakagawa, Takashi ^a   Tackley, Paul J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PEROVSKITE; PILES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH'S CORE; LENGTH SCALE; LOW VISCOSITY; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POST-PEROVSKITE; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SPHERICAL SHELL; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THERMO-CHEMICAL; THERMO-CHEMICAL MANTLE CONVECTIONS;

HEAT FLUX;

BASALT; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE CONVECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEROVSKITE; PILE; SLAB; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOSITY; VOLUME;

EID: 79952151661     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046494     Document Type: Article

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