Phase transitions impact variations in layering of convection throughout Earth’s history: Insights from a new entropy method

Ranpeng Li1, Juliane Dannberg2, Rene Gassmoeller2, Carolina R Lithgow-Bertelloni3 and Lars P Stixrude3, (1)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Florida, Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States