Melt-rich channel observed at the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

Nature

Volumn 495, Issue 7441, 2013, Pages 356-359

  Naif, S ^a   Key, K ^a   Constable, S ^a   Evans, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COCOS PLATE; CONDUCTIVITY; DISCONTINUITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION; VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERE ASTHENOSPHERE BOUNDARY; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; VISCOSITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 84875287301     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11939     Document Type: Article

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