Mantle melting as a function of water content beneath back-arc basins

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Kelley, Katherine A ^a,b,c   Plank, Terry ^a   Grove, Timothy L ^d   Stolper, Edward M ^e   Newman, Sally ^e   Hauri, Erik ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUSTAL THICKNESS; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PLATE TECTONICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 34250851598     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003732     Document Type: Article

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