Hydrous olivine unable to account for conductivity anomaly at the top of the asthenosphere

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7114, 2006, Pages 973-976

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Matsuzaki, Takuya ^a   Yamashita, Shigeru ^a   Katsura, Tomoo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; HYDRATION; MELTING;

ANHYDROUS OLIVINE; ASTHENOSPHERE; MANTLE PRESSURES;

OLIVINE;

HYDROGEN; MINERAL; OLIVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ASTHENOSPHERE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HYDROGEN; HYDROUS MINERAL; OLIVINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRATION; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750448332     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05223     Document Type: Article

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