Metastable olivine wedge and deep dry cold slab beneath southwest Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Kawakatsu, Hitoshi ^a   Yoshioka, Shoichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mantle transition zone; Metastable olivine; Receiver function; Slab; Water transport

Indexed keywords

MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; METASTABLE OLIVINE; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; SLAB; WATER TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC THEORY; OLIVINE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SILICATE MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OLIVINE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 79951812154     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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