Convection, composition, and the thermal state of the lower mantle

Composition and Petrology of the Earth's Mantle

1975 • 2,021 citations

Physical chemistry of metals

1953 • 1,251 citations

Convection in the earth's mantle: towards a numerical simulation

1974 • 671 citations

Shock-Wave Compression of Quartz

1962 • 649 citations

Inferences about magma sources and mantle structure from variations of ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd

1976 • 636 citations

Parametrically simple earth models consistent with geophysical data

1975 • 543 citations

Glacial-Isostatic Adjustment-I. The Forward Problem

2007 • 523 citations

Shock metamorphism of natural materials

1969 • 448 citations

Thermal conductivity of Earth materials at high temperatures

1972 • 442 citations

Geomagnetic Variations and the Electrical Conductivity of the Upper Mantle

1969 • 438 citations

Role of Phase Transitions in a Dynamic Mantle

2007 • 394 citations

A thermal model of the earth

1977 • 333 citations

Composition of the Earth's Mantle

1961 • 327 citations

Composition of the Earth's Mantle

1937 • 292 citations

Convection in a compressible fluid with infinite Prandtl number

1980 • 279 citations

Composition of the core and implications for origin of the earth.

1977 • 271 citations

Earth Structure from Free Oscillations and Travel Times

1974 • 226 citations

The upper mantle P velocity structure of the western United States

1978 • 197 citations

Evidence for scattering of seismic PKP waves near the mantle-core boundary

1974 • 191 citations

Effect of pressure and temperature on the molar volumes of Wüstite and of three (Fe, Mg)₂SiO₄spinel solid solutions

1969 • 181 citations

Simple plate models of mantle convection

1977 • 179 citations

Experimental approach to the state of the core; Part I, The liquidus relations of the Fe-rich portion of the Fe-Ni-S system from 30 to 100 kb

1975 • 166 citations

Whole-mantle convection and plate tectonics

1977 • 155 citations

Composition of the Mantle and Core

1977 • 154 citations

COMPRESSIBILITY-PRESSURE HYPOTHESIS AND THE EARTH'S INTERIOR

1949 • 152 citations

Array measurements of P velocities in the lower mantle

1969 • 151 citations

Petrologic properties of the upper 670 km of the earth's mantle; geophysical implications

1973 • 147 citations

The Earth's Core

1975 • 133 citations

On the scale of mantle convection

1977 • 133 citations

On the 650-km seismic discontinuity

1979 • 131 citations

The Melting Relations of Iron, and Temperatures in the Earth's Core

1972 • 130 citations

Lithospheric slab penetration into the lower mantle beneath the Sea of Okhotsk

1977 • 128 citations

The composition of the lower mantle

1970 • 127 citations

A thermodynamically based equation of state for the lower mantle

1979 • 122 citations

Applications of thermodynamics to fundamental earth physics

1977 • 122 citations

Stability of a chemically layered mantle

1974 • 121 citations

The 650 km mantle discontinuity

1976 • 117 citations

Interpretation of velocity profiles of the mantle

1975 • 117 citations

Equations of state of iron sulfide and constraints on the sulfur content of the Earth

1979 • 113 citations

The Instability of a Compressible Fluid heated below

1930 • 113 citations

Equation of state fits to the lower mantle and outer core

1978 • 107 citations

Magnetic effects of sea tides

1973 • 107 citations

Chemical inhomogeneity of the mantle

1968 • 106 citations

On the (?, ?, ?) Triple Point of Iron and the Earth's Core

1975 • 106 citations

Finite-amplitude thermal convection in a spherical shell

1974 • 101 citations

Limits on the Constitution of the Lower Mantle

1974 • 100 citations

Physical properties of the Earth's core

1972 • 100 citations

Phase changes and convection in the Earth’s mantle

1965 • 97 citations

Uniformity of Mantle Composition

1975 • 92 citations

Melting of the mantle past and present: isotope and trace element evidence

1978 • 87 citations

Precursors toPKIKPand seismic wave scattering near the mantle-core boundary

1976 • 86 citations

Velocity-density systematics and its implications for the iron content of the mantle

1974 • 86 citations

Characteristics of Lower Mantle Inhomogeneities from Scattered Waves

1976 • 82 citations

Mixed-oxide and perovskite-structure model mantles from 700?1200 km

1978 • 80 citations

The current status of speculations on the composition of the core of the Earth

1976 • 76 citations

Calorimetric study of the stability of high pressure phases in the systems CoOSiO2 and “FeO”SiO2, and calculation of phase diagrams in MOSiO2 systems

1979 • 76 citations

Temperatures in the mantle as inferred from simple compositional models

1976 • 75 citations

Lateral Heterogeneity in the Earth's Mantle

1972 • 74 citations

Range of Earth structure nonuniqueness implied by body wave observations

1973 • 73 citations

HIGH TEMPERATURE-PRESSURE PHASE BOUNDARIES IN SILICATE SYSTEMS USING IN SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION

1977 • 69 citations

Experimental approach to the state of the core; Part II, Composition and thermal regime

1975 • 69 citations

The effect of attenuation on gross earth models

1977 • 69 citations

Thermal regime of the Earth's core

1973 • 68 citations

Density Distribution in Earth

1968 • 63 citations

The D″ region

1974 • 55 citations

Seismic array evidence of a core boundary source for the Hawaiian Linear Volcanic Chain

1973 • 47 citations

P wave travel-time gradient measurements for the warramunga seismic array and lower mantle structure

1972 • 47 citations

A theoretical equation of state for the inner core

1977 • 46 citations

Lattice thermal conductivity within the Earth and considerations of a relationship between the pressure dependence of the thermal diffusivity and the volume dependence of the Grüneisen parameter

1976 • 43 citations

The effect of a velocity gradient at the base of the mantle on diffractedPwaves in the shadow

1969 • 35 citations

Mineralogic Distribution of Iron in the Upper Half of the Transition Zone in the Earth'S Mantle

2011 • 27 citations

Strength and elasticity of iron and copper at high shock-wave compression pressures

1974 • 26 citations

Amplitudes of long-period PcP and the core-mantle boundary

1977 • 21 citations

Material Properties Measurements for Selected Materials

1968 • 12 citations

Thermal regime in the earth's core and lower mantle

1974 • 7 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations