Stability of hydrous silicate at high pressures and water transport to the deep lower mantle

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 224-227

  Nishi, M ^a,b   Irifune, T ^a,b   Tsuchiya, J ^a,b   Tange, Y ^a,b   Nishihara, Y ^a   Fujino, K ^a   Higo, Y ^c  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HIGH PRESSURE; MANTLE; PLATE BOUNDARY; RETENTION; SILICA; SUBDUCTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER DEPTH; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84895467742     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2074     Document Type: Article

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