Dynamical consequences in the lower mantle with the post-perovskite phase change and strongly depth-dependent thermodynamic and transport properties
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a Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic b now at Institute of Planetary Research, Department of Planetary Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany c Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA d Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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