Stability of hydrous melt at the base of the Earth's upper mantle

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7073, 2006, Pages 192-194

  Sakamaki, Tatsuya ^a   Suzuki, Akio ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; GRAVITATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EARTH'S UPPER MANTLE; HYDROUS MAGMA; HYDROUS MELT; LOW-VELOCITY AND HIGH-ATTENUATION ZONES; STABILITY OF HYDROUS MELT;

EARTH (PLANET);

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EQUILIBRIUM; HYDROUS MINERAL; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MELT; UPPER MANTLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; GRAVITY; MELTING POINT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 30544447426     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04352     Document Type: Article

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