Abstract
We present the results of an analytical model of porous flow of viscous melt into a steadily dilating "channel" (defined as a cluster of smaller veins) in downwelling subarc mantle. The model predicts the pressure drop in the mantle wedge matrix surrounding the channel needed to drive melt flow as a function of position and time.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue number | B11202 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2008 |
Keywords
- mantle
- subduction
- short-lived isotopes
- melt flow
- melt segregation