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 …

Hydration and dehydration in Earth's interior

E Ohtani - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Flat slab subduction, trench suction, and craton destruction: Comparison of the North China, Wyoming, and Brazilian cratons

TM Kusky, BF Windley, L Wang, Z Wang, X Li, P Zhu - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of growth and destruction of continental lithosphere have been long
debated. We define and test a unifying plate tectonic driving mechanism that explains the …

Ambient and excess mantle temperatures, olivine thermometry, and active vs. passive upwelling

KD Putirka, M Perfit, FJ Ryerson, MG Jackson - Chemical Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Mantle temperatures provide a key test of the mantle plume hypothesis, and olivine-liquid
equilibria provide perhaps the most certain means of estimating mantle temperatures. Here …

[PDF][PDF] Delamination/thinning of sub-continental lithospheric mantle under Eastern China: the role of water and multiple subduction

BF Windley, S Maruyama, WJ Xiao - American Journal of Science, 2010 - ajsonline.org
We present a new model to explain one of the biggest tectonic problems of Earth Sciences
today, namely, how and why did the Archean sub-continental lithospheric mantle under the …

Seismic detection of a deep mantle discontinuity within Mars by InSight

Q Huang, NC Schmerr, SD King… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Constraining the thermal and compositional state of the mantle is crucial for deciphering the
formation and evolution of Mars. Mineral physics predicts that Mars' deep mantle is …

Rapid magma ascent recorded by water diffusion profiles in mantle olivine

S Demouchy, SD Jacobsen, F Gaillard… - …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Mechanisms and rates of magma ascent play a critical role in eruption dynamics but remain
poorly constrained phenomena. Water, dissolved in mantle minerals as hydrogen and …

Water in the slab: A trilogy

M Faccenda - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The geological and geophysical phenomena associated with water in the slab can be
grouped into three different categories: those related to 1) the storage of water in the oceanic …

P and S wave tomography and anisotropy in Northwest Pacific and East Asia: Constraints on stagnant slab and intraplate volcanism

W Wei, D Zhao, J Xu, F Wei… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We determined three‐dimensional P and S wave velocities and P wave azimuthal
anisotropic tomography of the Northwest Pacific subduction zones by inverting 1,225,086 P …

Storage capacity of H2O in nominally anhydrous minerals in the upper mantle

MM Hirschmann, C Aubaud, AC Withers - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2005 - Elsevier
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 …