Seismic signature of small melt fraction atop the transition zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 334-342

  Hier Majumder, Saswata ^a   Courtier, Anna ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low velocity layers; Partial melting; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EFFECT; COMBINED EFFECT; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; LAYER THICKNESS; LOW VELOCITY LAYERS; MELT FRACTION; MOLTEN LAYERS; PARTIAL MELTING; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC OBSERVATION; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SUBSOLIDUS; TRANSITION ZONES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

DIHEDRAL ANGLE; FRICTION; MELTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 79960566106     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.055     Document Type: Article

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