Plate tectonics and convection of the solid, rocky mantle are responsible for transporting
heat out of Earth. However, the physics of plate tectonics is poorly understood; other planets …

A new model of whole mantle P-wave tomography is determined with a novel approach. A
grid parameterization instead of blocks and spherical harmonics is adopted to express the …

We obtained likelihoods in the lower mantle for long-wavelength models of bulk sound and
shear wave speed, density, and boundary topography, compatible with gravity constraints …

Strong constraints can be placed on the origin of heterogeneity of seismic wave velocities
and density if the observed ratios of various parameters are compared with mineral physics …

In this article we first introduce the methodology of multiscale seismic tomography and the
way to interpret the obtained tomographic images, and then review the significant recent …

Numerical simulations in both two-and three-dimensions are performed to investigate the
hypothesis that D" is a thermo-chemical boundary layer. A layer of dense, compositionally …

Few seismic observations have revolutionized our con-cept of the deep Earth like the
discovery of a discontinuous increase in velocity a few hundred kilometers above the core …

The melting curves of two compositions of (Mg, Fe) SiO3-perovskite, the likely dominant
mineral phase in the lower mantle, have been measured in a CO2 laser-heated diamond …

The temperature anomalies in the Earth's mantle associated with thermal convection can be
inferred from seismic tomography, provided that the elastic properties of mantle minerals are …

Numerical models of mantle convection that incorporate the major mantle phase changes of
the transition zone reveal an inherently three‐dimensional flow pattern, with cylindrical …