Slab dehydration in the Earth's mantle transition zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 156-167

  Richard, Guillaume ^a   Bercovici, David ^a   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double diffusion; Stagnant slab; Transition zone; Water; Water solubility

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DIFFUSION; GLOBAL MANTLE DYNAMIC MODELS; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER FLUX COMPUTATIONS; WATER SOLUBILITY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEHYDRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); THERMAL DIFFUSION;

GEOLOGY;

DOUBLE DIFFUSION; EXSOLUTION; HYDROUS MINERAL; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SLAB; SOLUBILITY; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 33750307359     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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