Olivine water contents in the continental lithosphere and the longevity of cratons

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7311, 2010, Pages 78-81

  Peslier, Anne H ^a,b   Woodland, Alan B ^c   Bell, David R ^d   Lazarov, Marina ^c  

^a JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE XENOLITH; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BUOYANCY; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERE; LONGEVITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OLIVINE; WATER CONTENT; XENOLITH;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GEOMETRY; LITHOSPHERE; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEA; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77956320753     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09317     Document Type: Article

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