Water in Earth’s mantle

2012/03/01 by Marc Hirschmann, M. M. Hirschmann, D. L. Kohlstedt +1 · 4 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1063/pt.3.1476

Abstract

In the form of ionic impurities in rocks and minerals, water lubricates tectonic plates, influences rock viscosities and melting processes, and slows down seismic waves.

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• Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere

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