Absence of density crossover between basalt and peridotite in the cold slabs passing through 660 km discontinuity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Litasov, Konstantin ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Suzuki, Akio ^a   Kawazoe, Takaaki ^a   Funakoshi, Kenichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

1025 Geochemistry: Composition of the mantle; 3630 Mineralogy and petrology: Experimental mineralogy and petrology; 3924 Mineral physics: High pressure behavior; 3954 Mineral physics: X ray, neutron and electron spectroscopy and diffraction; 8124 Tectonophysics: Earth's interior Composition and state (1212)

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SLABS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EARTH (PLANET); GARNETS; GRAVITATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DENSITY CROSSOVER; GRAVITATIONAL SEPARATION; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; PHASE BOUNDARY;

BASALT;

BASALT; DENSITY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; PERIDOTITE; SLAB;

EID: 14544292451     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021306     Document Type: Article

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