Destruction of the North China craton in the Mesozoic

FY Wu, JH Yang, YG Xu, SA Wilde… - Annual review of earth …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The North China Craton (NCC) was originally formed by the amalgamation of the eastern
and western blocks along an orogenic belt at∼ 1.9 Ga. After cratonization, the NCC was …

Water in the Earth's interior: distribution and origin

AH Peslier, M Schönbächler, H Busemann… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Distribution and transport of hydrogen in the lithospheric mantle: A review

S Demouchy, N Bolfan-Casanova - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
The minerals constituting the Earth's upper mantle are nominally anhydrous silicates
(NAMs). However they do contain hydrogen as a trace element, decorating point defects in …

[PDF][PDF] Water in the upper mantle and deep crust of eastern China: concentration, distribution and implications

QK Xia, J Liu, I Kovács, YT Hao, P Li… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the concentration and distribution of water in the Earth's mantle plays a
substantial role in studying its chemical, physical and dynamic processes. After a decade of …

[HTML][HTML] The 'pargasosphere'hypothesis: Looking at global plate tectonics from a new perspective

IJ Kovács, N Liptai, A Koptev, SAPL Cloetingh… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Apart from the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB), mid-lithospheric discontinuities
(MLDs) in thick and old continental lithospheres appear to play an important role in global …

Magnetotelluric evidence for asymmetric simple shear extension and lithospheric thinning in South China

S Xu, MJ Unsworth, X Hu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Extension and rifting of the lithosphere is fundamental to the evolution of the continents, but
the mechanism by which the lithosphere thins under extension remains enigmatic. Using a …

Water content and hydrogen behaviour during metasomatism in the uppermost mantle beneath Ray Pic volcano (Massif Central, France)

CMM Denis, O Alard, S Demouchy - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
To understand the deep cycle of water, upper mantle water content and distribution between
nominally anhydrous minerals (NAMs) and hydrous minerals (eg, amphibole) must be …

New SIMS reference materials for measuring water in upper mantle minerals

KM Kumamoto, JM Warren, EH Hauri - American Mineralogist, 2017 - degruyter.com
Trace amounts of water in the nominally anhydrous minerals of the upper mantle can
dramatically affect their thermodynamic and rheological properties. Secondary ion mass …

[HTML][HTML] Extremely low structural hydroxyl contents in upper mantle xenoliths from the Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (northern Pannonian Basin): Geodynamic …

L Patkó, N Liptai, IJ Kovács, LE Aradi, QK Xia, J Ingrin… - Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
The structural hydroxyl content of the nominally anhydrous minerals (olivine and pyroxenes)
in the upper mantle is among the important attributes that influence the physical and …

Magnetotelluric Evidence for Lithospheric Alteration Beneath the Wuyi‐Yunkai Orogen: Implications for Thermal Structure of South China

Y Cheng, X Hu, B Han, Y Li, Y Kong… - Geochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Wuyi‐Yunkai Orogen experienced a polyphase tectonomagmatism and is a
key region for deciphering the alteration and thermal structure of the South China Block …