On the increase in thermal diffusivity caused by the perovskite to post-perovskite phase transition and its implications for mantle dynamics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 96-103

  Hunt, Simon A ^a,b   Davies, D Rhodri ^c   Walker, Andrew M ^d   McCormack, Richard J ^a   Wills, Andrew S ^a   Dobson, David P ^a   Li, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ngstr m method; CaIrO 3; D double prime (D ); Perovskite; Post perovskite; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

CAIRO 3; CONVECTION MODEL; ELEVATED PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; M METHOD; MANTLE DYNAMICS; PEROVSKITE TO POST-PEROVSKITE PHASE TRANSITION; POST-PEROVSKITE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DYNAMICS; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PEROVSKITE;

DIFFUSIVITY; HEAT FLUX; MANTLE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84862776750     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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