Phase Changes in the Upper Mantle

Details Phase Changes in the Upper Mantle Phase Changes in the Upper Mantle

Sep 1967

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1967sci...157.1165a&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 157, Issue 3793, pp. 1165-1166,1171-1173

Computer Science

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The C-region of the upper mantle has two transition regions 75 to 90 kilometers thick. In western North America these start at depths of 365 kilometers and 620 kilometers and involve velocity increases of about 9 to 10 percent. The locations of these transition regions, their general shape, and their thicknesses are consistent with, first, the transformation of magnesium-rich olivine to a spinel structure and, then, a further collapse of a material having approximately the properties of the component oxides. The velocity increases associated with each transition region are slightly less than predicted for the appropriate phase change. This can be interpreted in terms of an increasing fayalite content with depth. The location of the transition regions and the seismic velocities in their vicinity supply new information regarding the composition and temperature of the upper mantle. The depths of the transition regions are consistent with temperatures near 1500 degrees C at 365 kilometers and 1900 degrees C at 620 kilometers.

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