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 …

Reconstructing Earth history during the Hadean defies the traditional rock-based approach
in geology. Given the extremely limited locality of Hadean zircons, some indirect approach …

Today's geodynamic models can, often do and sometimes have to become very complex.
Their underlying, increasingly elaborate numerical codes produce a growing amount of raw …

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 …

Resolving the modes of mantle convection through Earth history, ie when plate tectonics
started and what kind of mantle dynamics reigned before, is essential to the understanding …

Subduction is a component of plate tectonics, which is widely accepted as having operated
in a manner similar to the present-day back through the Phanerozoic Eon. However …

Kimberlite-borne xenolithic eclogites, typically occurring in or near cratons, have long been
recognized as remnants of Precambrian subducted oceanic crust that have undergone …

Recent thermodynamic and experimental studies have suggested that volatile organic
compounds (eg, methane, formate, and acetate) can be produced and stabilized in …

The presence of exposed land on the early Earth is a prerequisite for a certain type of
prebiotic chemical evolution in which the oscillating activity of water, driven by short-term …

The thermal structure of subduction zones is fundamental to our understanding of the
physical and chemical processes that occur at active convergent plate margins. These …