Whole-mantle convection and the transition-zone water filter

2003/09/01 by David Bercovici, Shun-ichiro Karato, Shun‐ichiro Karato · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Basalt #Earth's internal heat budget #Geochemistry #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geology #Geophysics #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Hotspot (geology) #Lithosphere #Mantle (geology) #Mantle convection #Mantle plume #Mantle wedge #Mid-ocean ridge #Paleontology #Petrology #Subduction #Tectonics #Transition zone #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1038/nature01918

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