Deformation-Induced Mechanical Instabilities at the Core-Mantle Boundary

Post-Perovskite: The Last Mantle Phase Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 271-287

  Petford, Nick ^a   Rushmer, Tracy ^b   Yuen, David A ^c  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREMAKING; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORE-MANTLE INTERACTION; ENRICHED MANTLE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; MECHANICAL INSTABILITIES; MULTISCALE PROCESS; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; POST-PEROVSKITE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84952927216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/174GM18     Document Type: Chapter

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