Water, melting, and the deep Earth H2O cycle

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue , 2006, Pages 629-653

  Hirschmann, Marc M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower mantle; Nominally anhydrous silicates; Plumes; Subduction; Transition zone; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MELTING; ROCKS; TECTONICS; WATER;

HYDROUS MELTING; LOWER MANTLE; NOMINALLY ANHYDROUS SILICATES; PLUMES; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

LOWER MANTLE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33744965651     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.34.031405.125211     Document Type: Article

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