EFFECT OF WATER ON SUBDUCTION OF OCEANIC CRUST INTO LOWER MANTLE
K.D. Litasov and E. Ohtani*
United Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of RAS, 3 prosp. Akad. Koptyuga, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
* Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economical Geology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Keywords: Basalt, peridotite, subduction, lower mantle, water, 660 km discontinuity
Pages: 1373-1380
Subsection: GEODYNAMICS
Abstract
This paper reports results of experimental studies in the MORB-H2O system at 18-26 GPa and 1000-1800
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