In this manuscript we review experimental constraints for the viscosity of the upper mantle.
We first analyze experimental data to provide a critical review of flow law parameters for …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

The concept of strength envelopes, developed in the 1970s, allowed quantitative predictions
of the strength of the lithosphere based on experimentally determined constitutive equations …

The influence of water on the dynamics of the oceanic upper mantle is re-evaluated based
on recent experimental constraints on the solubility of water in mantle minerals and earlier …

Archean passive margins. In When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth?(eds KC
Condie & V. Pease.), pp. 149–56. Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 440 …

This paper presents the results of the first quantitative petrological modelling of abyssal
peridotites. The mantle beneath a ridge may be considered as two regions:(1) the melting …

Seismic wave velocities of melt or aqueous fluid containing systems are studied over a wide
range of pore shapes, including oblate spheroids, tubes, cracks, and an equilibrium …

We review physical and chemical constraints on the mechanisms of melt extraction from the
mantle beneath mid–ocean ridges. Compositional constraints from MORB and abyssal …

We have performed an experimental study to quantify the high‐temperature creep behavior
of natural diabase rocks under dry deformation conditions. Samples of both Maryland …

The common belief that the seismic low velocity and high attenuation zone (the
asthenosphere) is caused by the presence of a small amount of melt is not supported by …