Deep penetration of molten iron into the mantle caused by a morphological instability

Kazuhiko Otsuka and Shun-ichiro Karato ()
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Kazuhiko Otsuka: Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Shun-ichiro Karato: Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 492, issue 7428, 243-246

Abstract: A morphological instability causing blobs of iron-rich liquid to penetrate iron oxides is described, providing a mechanism for the iron-rich regions in the mantle.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11663

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