MELT DYNAMICS OF A LAYERED MANTLE PLUME SOURCE

Authors
MAALOE S
Citation
S. Maaloe, MELT DYNAMICS OF A LAYERED MANTLE PLUME SOURCE, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 133(1-2), 1998, pp. 83-95
Citations number
61
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics",Mineralogy
Journal title
Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00107999
Volume
133
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
83 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-7999(1998)133:1-2<83:MDOALM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The supply rates of basaltic magma to volcanoes restrict the flow rate s within their mantle sources. Layered source regions consisting of al ternating layers of melt and residuum have permeabilities that are ord ers of magnitude larger than percolative sources. Relevant supply rate s for Hawaiian volcanoes are obtained for source permeabilities within the range 10(-4)-10(-2) cm(2) The results are within the range for la yered sources, suggesting that a layered source is a physically viable model for Hawaiian plume sources.