Water transport into the deep mantle and formation of a hydrous transition zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 255-269

  Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Litasov, Konstantin ^a   Hosoya, Tomofumi ^a   Kubo, Tomoaki ^a   Kondo, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Mantle plume; Subduction; Transition zone; Water

Indexed keywords

HYDROUS MINERAL; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE PLUME; OLIVINE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

EID: 2442484499     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.09.015     Document Type: Article

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