Thermal structure beneath Far Eastern Russia inferred from geothermobarometric analyses of mantle xenoliths: Direct evidence for high geothermal gradient in backarc lithosphere

Tectonophysics

Volumn 554-557, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-82

  Yamamoto, Junji ^a,b   Nishimura, Koshi ^c,d   Ishibashi, Hidemi ^e   Kagi, Hiroyuki ^e   Arai, Shoji ^f   Prikhod'ko, Vladimir S ^g  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KOSYGIN INSTITUTE OF TECTONICS AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Backarc; Fluid inclusion; Geotherm; Heat flow; Mantle xenolith; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GEOTHERMOMETERS; GEOTHERMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERNAL PRESSURE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; MANTLE XENOLITHS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; VOLCANIC ARC;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HEAT TRANSFER; MINERALOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VOLCANOES;

LITHOLOGY;

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; HEAT FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; P-T CONDITIONS; PROVENANCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84863784775     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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