Questions on the existence, persistence, and mechanical effects of a very small melt fraction in the asthenosphere

Seismic Evidence for Sharp Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundaries of Oceanic Plates

(2016) H. Kawakatsu et al.   SCIENCE

Estimates of olivine–basaltic melt electrical conductivity using a digital rock physics approach

(2015) Kevin J. Miller et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The electrical structure of the central Pacific upper mantle constrained by the NoMelt experiment

(2015) Emily Sarafian et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Experimental constraints on the electrical anisotropy of the lithosphere–asthenosphere system

(2015) Anne Pommier et al.   NATURE

High-resolution imaging of the melt distribution in partially molten upper mantle rocks: evidence for wetted two-grain boundaries

(2015) G. Garapić et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Experimental quantification of permeability of partially molten mantle rock

(2014) Kevin J. Miller et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Toward a unified hydrous olivine electrical conductivity law

(2014) Emmanuel Gardés et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Electrical conductivity during incipient melting in the oceanic low-velocity zone

(2014) David Sifré et al.   NATURE

Sensitivity of seismic measurements to frequency-dependent attenuation and upper mantle structure: An initial approach

(2014) C. Bellis et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Temperature, grain size, and chemical controls on polycrystal anelasticity over a broad frequency range extending into the seismic range

(2014) Yasuko Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Electrical Conductivity of Mantle Minerals: Role of Water in Conductivity Anomalies

(2013) Takashi Yoshino et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Dike propagation driven by melt accumulation at the lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary

(2013) C. Havlin et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Theory of isotope diffusion in a material with multiple species and its implications for hydrogen-enhanced electrical conductivity in olivine

(2013) Shun-ichiro Karato   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Properties of oceanic lithosphere: Revised plate cooling model predictions

(2012) Christopher J. Grose   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Effects of stress-driven melt segregation on the viscosity of rocks

(2012) Benjamin K. Holtzman et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

On the origin of the asthenosphere

(2012) Shun-ichiro Karato   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Pacific lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary: Seismic imaging and anisotropic constraints fromSSwaveforms

(2012) Catherine A. Rychert et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

The Gutenberg Discontinuity: Melt at the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary

(2012) N. Schmerr   SCIENCE

Dislocation Damping and Anisotropic Seismic Wave Attenuation in Earth's Upper Mantle

(2012) R. J. M. Farla et al.   SCIENCE

Anelasticity and viscosity of partially molten rock analogue: Toward seismic detection of small quantities of melt

(2011) Christine McCarthy et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Experimental study of attenuation and dispersion over a broad frequency range: 2. The universal scaling of polycrystalline materials

(2011) Christine McCarthy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Grain boundary sliding in San Carlos olivine: Flow law parameters and crystallographic-preferred orientation

(2011) L. N. Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Microtomography of Partially Molten Rocks: Three-Dimensional Melt Distribution in Mantle Peridotite

(2011) W. Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Influence of dihedral angle on the seismic velocities in partially molten rocks

(2010) Saswata Hier-Majumder et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Experimental determination of electrical conductivity during deformation of melt-bearing olivine aggregates: Implications for electrical anisotropy in the oceanic low velocity zone

(2010) Luca Caricchi et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Organized melt, seismic anisotropy, and plate boundary lubrication

(2010) Benjamin K. Holtzman et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

A composite viscoelastic model for incorporating grain boundary sliding and transient diffusion creep; correlating creep and attenuation responses for materials with a fine grain size

(2010) Marshall Sundberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Grainsize-sensitive viscoelastic relaxation in olivine: Towards a robust laboratory-based model for seismological application

(2010) Ian Jackson et al.   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Partial melt in the oceanic low velocity zone

(2010) Marc M. Hirschmann   PHYSICS OF THE EARTH AND PLANETARY INTERIORS

Systematic distribution of incompatible elements in mantle peridotite: importance of intra- and inter-granular melt-like components

(2009) T. Hiraga et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

A generalized formulation of interfacial tension driven fluid migration with dissolution/precipitation

(2009) Yasuko Takei et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of olivine aggregates and its implications for the electrical structure of the upper mantle

(2009) Takashi Yoshino et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Viscous constitutive relations of solid-liquid composites in terms of grain boundary contiguity: 1. Grain boundary diffusion control model

(2009) Yasuko Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Viscous constitutive relations of solid-liquid composites in terms of grain boundary contiguity: 2. Compositional model for small melt fractions

(2009) Yasuko Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Viscous constitutive relations of solid-liquid composites in terms of grain boundary contiguity: 3. Causes and consequences of viscous anisotropy

(2009) Yasuko Takei et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Diffusionally assisted grain-boundary sliding and viscoelasticity of polycrystals

(2009) S.J.S. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Upper mantle seismic shear discontinuities of the Pacific

(2008) Brian Bagley et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Carbonatite Melts and Electrical Conductivity in the Asthenosphere

(2008) F. Gaillard et al.   SCIENCE