DEEP EARTH Mantle fabric unravelled?

作者:Hernlund John*
来源:Nature Geoscience, 2013, 6(7): 516-518.
DOI:10.1038/ngeo1868

摘要

Mantle flow patterns may be reconstructed from mineral orientations. Experiments show that the high-pressure mineral post-perovskite can inherit texture from its lower-pressure counterpart, suggesting new ways of interpreting flow in the deepest mantle.

  • 出版日期2013-7