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Strong, Multi-Scale Heterogeneity in Earth’s Lowermost Mantle

The core mantle boundary (CMB) separates Earth’s liquid iron outer core from the solid but slowly convecting mantle. The detailed structure and dynamics of the mantle within ~300 km of this interface remain enigmatic: it is a complex region, which exhibits thermal, compositional and phase-related he...

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Autores principales: Tkalčić, Hrvoje, Young, Mallory, Muir, Jack B., Davies, D. Rhodri, Mattesini, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682081/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26674394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep18416