Experimental constraints on the depth of olivine metastability in subducting lithosphere

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 165-180

  Mosenfelder, Jed L ^a   Rubie, Devid C ^a   Marton, Frederic C ^b   Ross II, Charles R ^c   Kerschhofer, Ljuba ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep earthquakes; Kinetics; Olivine; Ringwoodite; Subduction; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITHOSPHERE; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITION; RHEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 0035207066     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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