Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
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Magnesium and boron isotope evidence for the generation of arc magma through serpentinite mélange melting
In a recent paper published in National Science Review, a jointed team of scholars from China and UK has made significant ...
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'Many more ancient structures waiting to be discovered': Lost chunk of seafloor hidden in Earth's mantle found off Easter Island
Material from the subducting plate usually disintegrates in the mantle, where blazing temperatures recycle the rocks into magma. Remarkably, the newly discovered slab somehow escaped that fate.
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Colossal 'Anomalies' in Earth's Mantle Aren't What We Thought
To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...
Lab experiments add to evidence that Earth's mantle is more complex than thought
A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...
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The origin of adakites
Focus: occurence of adakite rocks and their relationship to slab melt We are ... is linked to the diverse composition of the western Mexican sub-arc mantle The contribution of slab melt cannot be ...