The fate of subducted Upper Continental Crust: An experimental study

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 275-284

  Wu, Yao ^a,b   Fei, Yingwei ^b   Jin, Zhenmin ^a   Liu, Xiaoyang ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

density relations; fate of continental subduction; high pressure experiments; mantle transition zone; phase transformations

Indexed keywords

DENSITY RELATIONS; FATE OF CONTINENTAL SUBDUCTION; HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENTS; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS;

BUOYANCY; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; ROCKS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXHUMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GNEISS; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNESIOWUSTITE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; UPPER CRUST; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 67349137074     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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