Geosciences: Melt rises to Earth's surface up to 25 times faster than previously assumed
Sunday, January 3, 2010 - 20:28
in Earth & Climate
Scientists have successfully determined the permeability of the asthenosphere in the Earth's upper mantle and thus the rate at which melt rises to the Earth's surface: it flows up to 25 times faster than previously assumed. Thermo-mechanical and geochemical models on melt flows in volcanoes now have to be reconsidered.