The Earth can be viewed as a massive heat engine, with various energy sources and sinks.
Insights into its evolution can be obtained by quantifying the various energy contributions in …

Much progress has been made over the past several decades in delineating the structure of
subducting slabs, but several key aspects of their dynamics remain poorly constrained …

We complete the development and description of a thermodynamic method for the
computation of phase equilibria and physical properties of multiphase mantle assemblages …

The origins of ultralow velocity zones, small-scale structures with extremely low seismic
velocities found near the core–mantle boundary, remain poorly understood. One hypothesis …

Measurements of the splitting or birefringence of seismic shear waves that have passed
through the Earth's mantle yield constraints on the strength and geometry of elastic …

In this section the contribution of CPO to seismic anisotropy in the deep Earth with cases of
olivine and the role of melt is illustrated. The CPO in rocks of upper-mantle origin is now well …

Post-perovskite MgSiO3 is believed to be present in the D′′ region of the Earth's
lowermost mantle,,,. Its existence has been used to explain a number of seismic …

The core–mantle boundary (CMB)–the interface between the silicate mantle and liquid iron
alloy outer core–is the most important boundary inside our planet, with processes occurring …

Constraining the chemical, rheological and electromagnetic properties of the lowermost
mantle (D ″) is important to understand the formation and dynamics of the Earth's mantle …

The stability of (Mg, Fe) SiO3 perovskite in the deep lower mantle has long been uncertain.
Recently, a phase transition from perovskite to postperovskite was discovered through a …