Mesozoic mafic magmatism in North China: Implications for thinning and destruction of cratonic lithosphere

Y Zheng, Z Xu, Z Zhao, L Dai - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The North China Craton (NCC) has been thinned from> 200 km to< 100 km in its
eastern part. The ancient subcontinental lithospheric mantle (SCLM) has been replaced by …

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 …

Intraplate volcanism originating from upwelling hydrous mantle transition zone

J Yang, M Faccenda - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Most magmatism occurring on Earth is conventionally attributed to passive mantle upwelling
at mid-ocean ridges, to slab devolatilization at subduction zones, or to mantle plumes …

Dehydration melting at the top of the lower mantle

B Schmandt, SD Jacobsen, TW Becker, Z Liu… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The high water storage capacity of minerals in Earth's mantle transition zone (410-to 660-
kilometer depth) implies the possibility of a deep H2O reservoir, which could cause …

[图书][B] Earth as an evolving planetary system

KC Condie - 2021 - books.google.com
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …

Superplume, supercontinent, and post-perovskite: mantle dynamics and anti-plate tectonics on the core–mantle boundary

S Maruyama, M Santosh, D Zhao - Gondwana Research, 2007 - Elsevier
The Western Pacific Triangular Zone (WPTZ) is the frontier of a future supercontinent to be
formed at 250 Ma after present. The WPTZ is characterized by double-sided subduction …

Continental flood basalts derived from the hydrous mantle transition zone

XC Wang, SA Wilde, QL Li, YN Yang - Nature Communications, 2015 - nature.com
It has previously been postulated that the Earth's hydrous mantle transition zone may play a
key role in intraplate magmatism, but no confirmatory evidence has been reported. Here we …

Dehydration melting of nominally anhydrous mantle: The primacy of partitioning

MM Hirschmann, T Tenner, C Aubaud… - Physics of the Earth and …, 2009 - Elsevier
The onset of dehydration melting of nominally anhydrous peridotite can be calculated by
combination of appropriate mineral/melt partition coefficients for H2O, DHmin/liq, and a …

Constraining the volume of Earth's early oceans with a temperature‐dependent mantle water storage capacity model

J Dong, RA Fischer, LP Stixrude… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The water content in Earth's mantle today remains poorly constrained, but the bulk water
storage capacity in the solid mantle can be quantified based on experimental data and may …

Thermodynamics of silicate liquids in the deep Earth

L Stixrude, N de Koker, N Sun, M Mookherjee… - Earth and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
We discuss the geophysical implications of recent first principles molecular dynamics
simulations of MgSiO3 liquid, in particular the findings that the Grüneisen parameter …