Seismic, petrological and geodynamical constraints on thermal and compositional structure of the upper mantle: Global thermochemical models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1301-1318

  Cammarano, Fabio ^a,b   Tackley, Paul ^b   Boschi, Lapo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Composition of the mantle; Elasticity and anelasticity; Gravity anomalies and earth structure; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; COOLING MODEL; DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DENSITY STRUCTURES; DENSITY VARIATIONS; ELASTICITY AND ANELASTICITY; GRAVITY ANOMALIES AND EARTH STRUCTURE; GRAVITY DATA; HARMONIC DEGREE; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LIMITED RESOLUTION; LITHOSPHERIC; LONG WAVELENGTH; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE SEISMIC STRUCTURES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MID-OCEANIC RIDGES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ON CURRENTS; PYROLITE; SEISMIC MODEL; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SIGNAL POWER; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THERMOCHEMICAL MODELS; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS; VERY LONG WAVELENGTH;

ELASTICITY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANELASTICITY; ELASTICITY; GEODYNAMICS; GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 81755174251     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05223.x     Document Type: Article

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