Electromagnetic constraints on a melt region beneath the central Mariana back-arc spreading ridge

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Matsuno, Tetsuo ^a   Evans, Rob L ^b   Seama, Nobukazu ^a   Chave, Alan D ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Back arc spreading ridge; Central Mariana Trough; Electrical resistivity structure; Upper mantle melting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYS; TELLURIC PROSPECTING;

3-D SHAPE; BACK-ARC; CENTRAL MARIANA TROUGH; DOMINANT PROCESS; EAST PACIFIC RISE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC CONSTRAINTS; FORWARD MODELS; HIGH RESISTIVITY; MANTLE UPWELLINGS; MELT REGIONS; SEISMIC DATAS; SILICATE MELTS; SPREADING RIDGE; SURVEY GEOMETRY; UPPER BOUND; UPPER MANTLE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84868307696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004326     Document Type: Article

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