Modern oceanic crust is constantly produced at oceanic ridges and recycled back into the mantle at subduction zones via plate tectonics. An outstanding question in geology is …
L André, K Abraham, A Hofmann, L Monin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The Archaean continental crust comprises two major groups of silicon-rich granitoids: the tonalite–trondhjemite–granodiorite and granite–monzonite–syenite suites, which differ in …
Zircon is often used to study granites (sensu lato) and continental crust because it is very resistant and can be analyzed for various isotope systems that provide time and source …
Silicon dioxide (SiO2) occurs as both crystallized quartz and amorphous quartz, and their oxygen isotope is widely used to trace the source of hydrothermal fluids, to reconstruct …
D Trail, P Boehnke, PS Savage… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Hydrosphere interactions and alteration of the terrestrial crust likely played a critical role in shaping Earth's surface, and in promoting prebiotic reactions leading to life, before 4.03 Ga …
L Pan, J Carter, C Quantin-Nataf… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Mars' transition from an early" warm and wet" to a" cold and dry" environment left fingerprints on the geological record of fluvial activity on Mars. The morphological and mineralogical …
W Wang, SY Jiang, Y Xiao - Chemical Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Lithium (Li) isotopes have been used as a sensitive proxy to trace water-rock interaction, but its behavior during this process in geothermal system is still unclear. In this study, we use …
W Wang, SY Jiang, HZ Wei - American Mineralogist, 2023 - degruyter.com
Geothermal systems in Tibet, a crucial geothermal region in China, belong to the Mediterranean-Himalayan geothermal belt and are characterized by a broad distribution of …
Surtsey is a young volcanic island in the offshore extension of Iceland's southeast rift zone that grew from the seafloor during explosive and effusive eruptions in 1963–1967. In 1979, a …