Melt-rich channel observed at the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary

S. Naif (), K. Key, S. Constable and R. L. Evans
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S. Naif: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
K. Key: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
S. Constable: Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
R. L. Evans: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Nature, 2013, vol. 495, issue 7441, 356-359

Abstract: Sea-floor magnetotelluric data are used to image the electrical conductivity of the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary offshore of Nicaragua; a high-conductivity layer confined to depths of 45–70 kilometres is found, interpreted to be a partially molten channel of low viscosity.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11939

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