Earth's carbon, derived from planetesimals in the 1 AU region during accretion of the Solar
System, still retains similarities to carbon found in meteorites (Marty et al. 2013) even after …

The concentration and distribution of water in the Earth has influenced its evolution
throughout its history. Even at the trace levels contained in the planet's deep interior (mantle …

In the geological sciences it has only recently been recognized how important the process of
impact cratering is on a planetary scale, where it is commonly the most important surface …

Starting from the late 1980s, several groups of lower-mantle mineral inclusions in diamond
have been found. Three associations were established among them: juvenile ultramafic …

Minerals included in diamonds provide direct information about the petrologic and chemical
environment of diamond crystallization. They record information relating to local and …

Diamonds and a wide range of unusual minerals were originally discovered from the
chromitite and peridotite of the Luobusa ophiolite along the Yarlong–Zangbu suture zone in …

Studies of the inclusions contained in natural diamonds have shown the occurrence of
minerals which must have formed at depths below the lithosphere and which may be closely …

Hydrogen and deuterium isotopic evidence indicates that the source of terrestrial water was
mostly meteorites, with additional influx from nebula gas during accretion. There are two …

The nature and cause of deep earthquakes remain enduring unknowns in the field of
seismology. We present new models of thermal structures of subducted slabs traced to …

Geophysical observations suggest that the transition zone is wet locally. Continental and
oceanic sediment components together with the basaltic and peridotitic components might …