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 …

Geochemistry of silicate and oxide inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds

MJ Walter, AR Thomson… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Minerals included in diamonds provide direct information about the petrologic and chemical
environment of diamond crystallization. They record information relating to local and …

Silica-water superstructure and one-dimensional superionic conduit in Earth's mantle

J Li, Y Lin, T Meier, Z Liu, W Yang, H Mao, S Zhu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Water in Earth's deep interior is predicted to be hydroxyl (OH−) stored in nominally
anhydrous minerals, profoundly modulating both structure and dynamics of Earth's 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 …

Hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide and the origin of ultralow-velocity zones

J Liu, Q Hu, D Young Kim, Z Wu, W Wang, Y Xiao… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Ultralow-velocity zones (ULVZs) at Earth's core–mantle boundary region have important
implications for the chemical composition and thermal structure of our planet, but their origin …

The pyrite-type high-pressure form of FeOOH

M Nishi, Y Kuwayama, J Tsuchiya, T Tsuchiya - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Water transported into Earth's interior by subduction strongly influences dynamics such as
volcanism and plate tectonics,,. Several recent studies have reported hydrous minerals to be …

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 …

A practical review of the laser-heated diamond anvil cell for university laboratories and synchrotron applications

S Anzellini, S Boccato - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the past couple of decades, the laser-heated diamond anvil cell (combined with in situ
techniques) has become an extensively used tool for studying pressure-temperature …

When water meets iron at Earth's core–mantle boundary

HK Mao, Q Hu, L Yang, J Liu, DY Kim… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Hydrous minerals in subducted crust can transport large amounts of water into Earth's deep
mantle. Our laboratory experiments revealed the surprising pressure-induced chemistry that …

A subsolidus olivine water solubility equation for the Earth's upper mantle

JA Padrón‐Navarta, J Hermann - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The pressure and temperature sensitivity of the two most important point hydrous defects in
mantle olivine involving Si vacancies (associated to trace amounts of titanium [TiChu‐PD] or …