Influence of Water on Major Phase Transitions in the Earth's Mantle

Earth's Deep Water Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 95-111

  Litasov, Konstantin D ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Sano, Asami ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earth Mantle; Geodynamics; Geology; Groundwater; Hydrologic cycle

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; PEROVSKITE; SILICATE MINERALS;

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; EARTH MANTLE; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; IN-SITU X-RAY DIFFRACTION; PHASE-TRANSITION BOUNDARY; POST-GARNET TRANSFORMATION; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84952791204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/168GM08     Document Type: Chapter

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