Water content and geotherm in the upper mantle above the stagnant slab: Interpretation of electrical conductivity and seismic P-wave velocity models

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Ichiki, Masahiro ^a   Baba, Kiyoshi ^a   Obayashi, Masayuki ^a   Utada, Hisashi ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back arc volcanism; Electrical conductivity; Harzburgite; Pyrolite; Seismic P wave velocity; Stagnant slab; Water

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY;

BACK ARC VOLCANISM; HARZBURGITE; PYROLITE; SEISMIC P-WAVE VELOCITY; STAGNANT SLAB; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

SEISMOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33644931115     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.09.010     Document Type: Article

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