1.18 - Deep Earth Structure - Lower Mantle and D″

Treatise on Geophysics: Volume 1-10

Volumn 1-10, Issue , 2007, Pages 619-654

  Lay, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D discontinuity; D region; Lower mantle; Mantle anisotropy; Mantle convection; Perovskite; Post perovskite; Superplumes; Ultralow velocity zones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882889425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00022-5     Document Type: Chapter

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