Experimental evidence for a hydrous transition zone in the early Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 587-592

  Kawamoto, Tatsuhiko ^a   Hervig, Richard L ^a   Holloway, John R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Komatiite; Mantle; Olivine; Peridotites; Secondary ion mass spectroscopy; Subduction; Water

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION; WATER;

EID: 0030302314     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00113-6     Document Type: Article

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