Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt (940 km diameter), provides a unique opportunity
to study the interior structure of a volatile-rich dwarf planet. Variations in a planetary body's …

A model for intermediate-depth earthquakes of subduction zones is evaluated based on
shear localization, shear heating, and runaway creep within thin carbonate layers in an …

Abstract Analysis of deep subduction-zone earthquakes, those at depths greater than 60 km,
reveals the physical and chemical properties of a descending oceanic lithosphere at mantle …

Carbonate sediments transported into the mantle at subduction zone settings account for the
majority of the carbon flux into the Earth's interior and are thus critical to the deep carbon …

Several icy moons and dwarf planets appear to have hosted subsurface liquid water. Liquid
water intruding upwards into the icy outer shells of these worlds freezes, forming ice and …

Hot‐pressed polycrystalline quartz samples with grain sizes of 1.7–12.0 μm and water
contents of 3,500 ppm H/Si were deformed in a solid‐pressure‐medium (Griggs‐type) …

Hole BT1B of the Oman Drilling Project provides a continuous sampling from listvenite into
the metamorphic sole that preserves the deformation, hydration, and carbonation processes …

Subduction of carbonate‐bearing oceanic plates into Earth's interior recycles carbon from
the surface to the deep mantle. The subducted carbonates can significantly affect mantle …

Inelastic deformation of minerals and rocks is associated with activation of various defects
such as fractures, twins, and dislocations. Active and passive ultrasound probes are …

The continental mid‐lithosphere discontinuity (MLD) is widely detected within cratons, with
the dominant depth range of 70–100 km and a significant reduction of shear‐wave velocity …