Water distribution across the mantle transition zone and its implications for global material circulation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 413-423

  Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Hydrogen; Partial melting; Seismology; Water

Indexed keywords

COEXISTING MINERALS; DEPTH PROFILE; DEPTH VARIATION; EARTH'S MANTLE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LATERAL VARIATIONS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MANTLE DISCONTINUITIES; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; MATERIAL CIRCULATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY; SOURCE REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CIRCULATION; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

BASALT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; MELTING; OXYGEN; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

WATER CONTENT;

BASALT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HYDROGEN; MANTLE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 78650573524     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.038     Document Type: Article

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