Phase transition and density of subducted MORB crust in the lower mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 239-251

  Hirose, Kei ^a,b   Takafuji, Naoto ^a,c   Sata, Nagayoshi ^b   Ohishi, Yasuo ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density; In situ X ray observations; Lower mantle; MORB; Phase transition; Post perovskite

Indexed keywords

IN SITU X RAY OBSERVATIONS; LOWER MANTLE; MID OCEANIC RIDGE BASALT (MORB); POST PEROVSKITE;

BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GEOPHYSICS;

LOWER MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT;

EID: 24144490674     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.06.035     Document Type: Article

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