Seismic evidence of effects of water on melt transport in the Lau back-arc mantle

S. Shawn Wei (), Douglas A. Wiens, Yang Zha, Terry Plank, Spahr C. Webb, Donna K. Blackman, Robert A. Dunn and James A. Conder
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S. Shawn Wei: Washington University
Douglas A. Wiens: Washington University
Yang Zha: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Terry Plank: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Spahr C. Webb: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Donna K. Blackman: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
Robert A. Dunn: University of Hawaii
James A. Conder: Southern Illinois University

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7539, 395-398

Abstract: Tomographically derived seismic velocities are used to infer the distribution of partial melt below the Lau Basin, revealing an unexpected relationship between the amount of in situ melt and the water content of the magma, indicating that subducted water enhances melt extraction.

Date: 2015
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