The role of water in the deep upper mantle and transition zone: dehydration of stagnant slabs and its effects on the big mantle wedge

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1073-1078

  Ohtani, E ^a   Zhao, D ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diffusion; hydrogen; mantle; subduction slabs

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HYDROGEN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER;

EID: 70449753161     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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