Research ArticleGEOLOGY
A nearly water-saturated mantle transition zone inferred from mineral viscosity
- Hongzhan Fei1,2,*,
- Daisuke Yamazaki1,
- Moe Sakurai1,3,
- Nobuyoshi Miyajima2,
- Hiroaki Ohfuji4,
- Tomoo Katsura2 and
- Takafumi Yamamoto5
- 1Institute for Study of the Earth’s Interior, Okayama University, Misasa, Tottori 682-0193, Japan.
- 2Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth D95440, Germany.
- 3Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
- 4Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
- 5Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: hongzhan.fei{at}uni-bayreuth.de
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Science Advances 07 Jun 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 6, e1603024
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1603024
Vol. 3, no. 6, e1603024
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1603024
Hongzhan Fei
Institute for Study of the Earth’s Interior, Okayama University, Misasa, Tottori 682-0193, Japan.
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth D95440, Germany.
Daisuke Yamazaki
Institute for Study of the Earth’s Interior, Okayama University, Misasa, Tottori 682-0193, Japan.
Moe Sakurai
Institute for Study of the Earth’s Interior, Okayama University, Misasa, Tottori 682-0193, Japan.
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
Nobuyoshi Miyajima
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth D95440, Germany.
Hiroaki Ohfuji
Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan.
Tomoo Katsura
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth D95440, Germany.
Takafumi Yamamoto
Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
