Superplume, supercontinent, and post-perovskite: Mantle dynamics and anti-plate tectonics on the Core-Mantle Boundary

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• core-mantle boundary 100%
• perovskite 95%
• supercontinent 92%
• plate tectonics 85%
• slab 60%
• mantle 57%
• Rodinia 33%
• crust 27%
• thermal structure 24%
• cold 18%
• plume 16%
• Gondwana 16%
• low velocity zone 13%
• subduction 13%
• basalt 13%
• anomaly 10%
• partial melting 9%
• pyrolite 8%
• melt 7%
• cooling 7%
• solid Earth 6%
• Pangaea 6%
• microplate 6%
• seismic tomography 6%
• lower mantle 6%
• downwelling 6%
• history 5%
• ocean basin 5%
• mid-ocean ridge basalt 5%
• hot spot 5%
• atmospheric circulation 5%
• continental crust 5%
• subduction zone 5%