The second continent: Existence of granitic continental materials around the bottom of the mantle transition zone

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Kawai, Kenji ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shinji ^b,c   Tsuchiya, Taku ^d   Maruyama, Shigenori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continental growth; First principles; Geodynamics; Granite; Mantle transition zone; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITE; JADEITE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84871454113     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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