Electrical conductivity of the serpentinised mantle and fluid flow in subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 387-394

  Reynard, Bruno ^a,b,c,d   Mibe, Kenji ^d   de Moortèle, Bertrand Van ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc magma; Chlorine; Serpentine; Subduction; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ARC MAGMAS; COMPLEX IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID CONTENT; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH-SALINITY FLUIDS; MANTLE MINERALS; MANTLE WEDGE; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY; SLAB DEHYDRATION; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANIC ARC; WATER BUDGET;

CHLORINE; DEHYDRATION; DEWATERING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; FLUIDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SERPENTINE;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DEHYDRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLUID FLOW; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SERPENTINIZATION; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 79959765567     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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