Hydrous melting driven by changes in H2O storage capacity may occur in a variety of
settings in the mantle, including in oceanic basalt sources and in deeper regions above and …

Hydrogen and deuterium isotopic evidence indicates that the source of terrestrial water was
mostly meteorites, with additional influx from nebula gas during accretion. There are two …

Even a cursory historical look at the development of geology reveals that the cooling of the
Earth has always been a central issue (Birch, 1965; Fourier, 1824; Holmes, 1915; Joly …

We investigated the melting properties of a synthetic chondritic primitive mantle up to core–
mantle boundary (CMB) pressures, using laser-heated diamond anvil cell. Melting criteria …

The phase relations in the peridotite–water system to the top of the lower mantle reveal that
a certain amount of water can be transported and stored in the transition zone by various …

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 …

The H2O storage capacity of nominally anhydrous minerals or rocks is the concentration of
water that can be sequestered in the mineral (s) without stabilizing a hydrous fluid or melt …

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 …

Heat provides the energy that drives almost all geological phenomena and sets the
temperature at which these phenomena operate. This book explains the key physical …

Crystallization of a magma ocean on a large terrestrial planet that is significantly melted by
the energy of accretion may lead to an unstable cumulate density stratification, which may …