The importance of grain size to mantle dynamics and seismological observations

Dynamic topography, gravity and the role of lateral viscosity variations from inversion of global mantle flow

(2016) Ting Yang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

The relationships between large-scale variations in shear velocity, density, and compressional velocity in the Earth's mantle

(2016) P. Moulik et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Grain size-sensitive viscoelastic relaxation and seismic properties of polycrystalline MgO

(2016) A. Barnhoorn et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Polycrystal anelasticity at near-solidus temperatures

(2016) Hatsuki Yamauchi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Transient Creep and Strain Energy Dissipation: An Experimental Perspective

(2015) Ulrich Faul et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Grain-size dynamics beneath mid-ocean ridges: Implications for permeability and melt extraction

(2015) Andrew J. Turner et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Intermediate-depth earthquake generation and shear zone formation caused by grain size reduction and shear heating

(2015) M. Thielmann et al.   GEOLOGY

Variations in grain size and viscosity based on vacancy diffusion in minerals, seismic tomography, and geodynamically inferred mantle rheology

(2015) Petar Glišović et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Broad plumes rooted at the base of the Earth's mantle beneath major hotspots

(2015) Scott W. French et al.   NATURE

Interconnection of ferro-periclase controls subducted slab morphology at the top of the lower mantle

(2014) Daisuke Yamazaki et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Reconciling mantle attenuation-temperature relationships from seismology, petrology, and laboratory measurements

(2014) G. A. Abers et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Whole-mantle radially anisotropic shear velocity structure from spectral-element waveform tomography

(2014) S. W. French et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

An anisotropic shear velocity model of the Earth's mantle using normal modes, body waves, surface waves and long-period waveforms

(2014) P. Moulik et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Plate tectonics, damage and inheritance

(2014) David Bercovici et al.   NATURE

Temperature, grain size, and chemical controls on polycrystal anelasticity over a broad frequency range extending into the seismic range

(2014) Yasuko Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Insights from ScS–S measurements on deep mantle attenuation

(2013) S. Durand et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The relationship between shear wave velocity, temperature, attenuation and viscosity in the shallow part of the mantle

(2013) Keith Priestley et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A joint geochemical–geophysical record of time-dependent mantle convection south of Iceland

(2013) S.M. Jones et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Structures of the oceanic lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary: Mineral-physics modeling and seismological signatures

(2013) T. M. Olugboji et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

The difficulty for subducted oceanic crust to accumulate at the Earth's core-mantle boundary

(2013) Mingming Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Reconciling dynamic and seismic models of Earth's lower mantle: The dominant role of thermal heterogeneity

(2012) D. Rhodri Davies et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

How double volcanic chains sample geochemical anomalies from the lowermost mantle

(2012) Cinzia G. Farnetani et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Cluster analysis of global lower mantle tomography: A new class of structure and implications for chemical heterogeneity

(2012) Vedran Lekic et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Impact of grain size on the convection of terrestrial planets

(2012) A. Rozel   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

High accuracy mantle convection simulation through modern numerical methods

(2012) Martin Kronbichler et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Does subducting lithosphere weaken as it enters the lower mantle?

(2012) S. Zhao et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The viscosity of Earth’s lower mantle inferred from sinking speed of subducted lithosphere

(2012) Hana Čížková et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Faults (shear zones) in the Earth's mantle

(2012) Alain Vauchez et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Plate tectonic reconstructions with continuously closing plates

(2011) Michael Gurnis et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

Radial Qμ structure of the lower mantle from teleseismic body-wave spectra

(2011) Yong Keun Hwang et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Thermodynamics of mantle minerals - II. Phase equilibria

(2011) Lars Stixrude et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Experimental study of attenuation and dispersion over a broad frequency range: 2. The universal scaling of polycrystalline materials

(2011) Christine McCarthy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Role of the deep mantle in generating the compositional asymmetry of the Hawaiian mantle plume

(2011) Dominique Weis et al.   Nature Geoscience

Geochemical zoning of volcanic chains associated with Pacific hotspots

(2011) Shichun Huang et al.   Nature Geoscience

Mantle dynamics and seismic anisotropy

(2010) Maureen D. Long et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Mantle Anchor Structure: An argument for bottom up tectonics

(2010) Adam M. Dziewonski et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Tracking deep mantle reservoirs with ultra-low velocity zones

(2010) Allen K. McNamara et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Viscosity in transition zone and lower mantle: Implications for slab penetration

(2010) J. Quinteros et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Entropy viscosity method for nonlinear conservation laws

(2010) Jean-Luc Guermond et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

A composite viscoelastic model for incorporating grain boundary sliding and transient diffusion creep; correlating creep and attenuation responses for materials with a fine grain size

(2010) Marshall Sundberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Grainsize-sensitive viscoelastic relaxation in olivine: Towards a robust laboratory-based model for seismological application

(2010) Ian Jackson et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Implications of grain size evolution on the seismic structure of the oceanic upper mantle

(2009) Mark D. Behn et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Tomographic filtering of high-resolution mantle circulation models: Can seismic heterogeneity be explained by temperature alone?

(2009) B. S. A. Schuberth et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Incorporating self-consistently calculated mineral physics into thermochemical mantle convection simulations in a 3-D spherical shell and its influence on seismic anomalies in Earth's mantle

(2009) Takashi Nakagawa et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Petrological evidence for secular cooling in mantle plumes

(2009) Claude Herzberg et al.   NATURE

Radial seismic anisotropy as a constraint for upper mantle rheology

(2008) Thorsten W. Becker et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The effect of bulk composition and temperature on mantle seismic structure

(2008) Wenbo Xu et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Excess temperatures at ocean islands: Implications for mantle layering and convection

(2008) Keith Putirka   GEOLOGY

Grain size variations in the Earth's mantle and the evolution of primordial chemical heterogeneities

(2008) V. S. Solomatov et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Absolute plate motions and true polar wander in the absence of hotspot tracks

(2008) Bernhard Steinberger et al.   NATURE

Core–mantle boundary heat flow

(2007) Thorne Lay et al.   Nature Geoscience