Surface wave phase velocities from 29 earthquakes are used to map the shear velocity
structure to∼ 350 km depth across the 950‐km‐long Rio Grande Rift Seismic Transect …

We use a neighborhood algorithm to explore the fit to long period seismic data of a wide
variety of long wavelength mantle models. This approach to the global tomographic inverse …

Seismology, thermodynamics and classical physics—the physics associated with the names
of Fourier, Debye, Born, Grüneisen, Kelvin, Rayleigh, Rutherford, Ramberg and Birch …

The iron spin crossover in ferropericlase introduces anomalies in its thermodynamics and
thermoelastic properties. Here we investigate how these anomalies can affect the lower …

A new post-perovskite phase has been identified recently from both X-ray observations and
first-principles calculations. This novel phase change occurs at a depth about 200 km above …

The new post-perovskite phase near the core–mantle boundary has important ramifications
on lower mantle dynamics. We have investigated the dynamical impact arising from the …

It is well established that the temperature gradients in the interiors of internally heated
mantle convection models are subadiabatic. The subadiabatic gradients have been …

Self‐consistent numerical models are developed for a coupled magmatism‐mantle
convection system with tectonic plates in a two‐dimensional rectangular box to understand …

The temperature gradient in the lower mantle is fundamental in prescribing many transport
properties, such as the viscosity, thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity. The …

We investigate the stability of hypothetical layered convection in the mantle and the
mechanisms how the downwelling structures originating in the lower layer are generated …