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Electrical image of passive mantle upwelling beneath the northern East Pacific Rise

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  • Kerry Key

    (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • Steven Constable

    (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA)

  • Lijun Liu

    (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois)

  • Anne Pommier

    (School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University)

Abstract

Sea-floor magnetotelluric soundings along a portion of the East Pacific Rise reveal a symmetric, high-conductivity triangular region at depths of 20–90 kilometres that is consistent with partial melting of passively upwelling mantle.

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  • Kerry Key & Steven Constable & Lijun Liu & Anne Pommier, 2013. "Electrical image of passive mantle upwelling beneath the northern East Pacific Rise," Nature, Nature, vol. 495(7442), pages 499-502, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:495:y:2013:i:7442:d:10.1038_nature11932
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11932
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    1. Jinyu Tian & Zhitu Ma & Jian Lin & Min Xu & Xun Yu & Ba Manh Le & Xubo Zhang & Fan Zhang & Laiyin Guo, 2023. "Mantle heterogeneity caused by trapped water in the Southwest Basin of the South China Sea," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Qing Xiong & Hong-Kun Dai & Jian-Ping Zheng & William L. Griffin & Hong-Da Zheng & Li Wang & Suzanne Y. O’ Reilly, 2022. "Vertical depletion of ophiolitic mantle reflects melt focusing and interaction in sub-spreading-center asthenosphere," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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