On the Origin of the Asthenosphere

Shun-ichiro Karato

A Reader’s Guide to the Sheared Boundary Layer Origin of Mid-Plate Volcanoes

Don L. Anderson

Shear-focusing of pre-existing melt as an origin for small-volume intraplate volcanism

G.A. Valentine

Partial silicate melting in the asthenospheric LVZ: Evidence from electrical conductivity of hydrous basaltic melts

H. Ni, H. Keppler & H. Behrens

LLAMA

D.L. Anderson

Discussion of this webpage

The Source of Oceanic Volcanism – Plumes vs the Low-Velocity Zone

D.C. Presnall

Shear-Driven upwelling

C.P. Conrad, T.A. Bianco & E.I. Smith

Implications for melt in the upper mantle from the electrical conductivity of melt-bearing peridotites at high pressures

Takashi Yoshino, Mickael Laumonier, Elizabeth McIsaac & Tomoo Katsura