Water in the oceanic upper mantle: Implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 93-108

  Hirth, Greg ^a   Kohlstedt, David L ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunite; Lithosphere; Mantle; Rheology; Viscosity; Water

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE PROCESSES; MELT EXTRACTION; OLIVINE; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 0030438851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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