Possible density segregation of subducted oceanic lithosphere along a weak serpentinite layer and implications for compositional stratification of the Earth's mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 357-366

  Lee, Cin Ty Aeolus ^a   Chen, Wang Ping ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

decoupling; eclogite; mantle convection; serpentine; slab segregation; subduction

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITIC CRUST; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MECHANICAL DECOUPLING; OCEANIC MANTLE;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SERPENTINE; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

EARTH (PLANET);

ECLOGITE; HEAT FLOW; LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SERPENTINITE; SLAB; STRATIFICATION; SUBDUCTION; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 33847372971     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.12.022     Document Type: Article

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