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Deep mantle structure and the postperovskite phase transition.


ABSTRACT: Seismologists have known for many years that the lowermost mantle of the Earth is complex. Models based on observed seismic phases sampling this region include relatively sharp horizontal discontinuities with strong zones of anisotropy, nearly vertical contrasts in structure, and small pockets of ultralow velocity zones (ULVZs). This diversity of structures is beginning to be understood in terms of geodynamics and mineral physics, with dense partial melts causing the ULVZs and a postperovskite solid-solid phase transition producing regional layering, with the possibility of large-scale variations in chemistry. This strong heterogeneity has significant implications on heat transport out of core, the evolution of the magnetic field, and magnetic field polarity reversals.

SUBMITTER: Helmberger D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1297654 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Deep mantle structure and the postperovskite phase transition.

Helmberger D D   Lay T T   Ni S S   Gurnis M M  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20051010 48


Seismologists have known for many years that the lowermost mantle of the Earth is complex. Models based on observed seismic phases sampling this region include relatively sharp horizontal discontinuities with strong zones of anisotropy, nearly vertical contrasts in structure, and small pockets of ultralow velocity zones (ULVZs). This diversity of structures is beginning to be understood in terms of geodynamics and mineral physics, with dense partial melts causing the ULVZs and a postperovskite s  ...[more]

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