Ab initio study of the elastic behavior of MgSiO3 ilmenite at high pressure [PDF]
, 2002 We investigate the athermal high pressure behavior of the elastic properties of MgSiO3 ilmenite up to 30 GPa using the ab initio pseudopotential method. Our results at zero pressure are in good agreement with single-crystal elasticity measurements.
Da Silva, CRS +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by mid-ocean ridge basalts, which form along a network of divergent plate margins. Basalts along these margins display a chemical diversity, which is consequent to a complex interplay of partial mantle melting in the ...
Marianne Richter +4 more
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The Hudson Bay Lithospheric Experiment (HuBLE) : Insights into Precambrian Plate Tectonics and the Development of Mantle Keels [PDF]
, 2015 The UK component of HuBLE was supported by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant NE/F007337/1, with financial and logistical support from the Geological Survey of Canada, Canada–Nunavut Geoscience Office, SEIS-UK (the seismic node of NERC ...
Bastow, I. D. +8 more
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Nature Communications, 2018 The Earth’s mantle undergoes changes as temperature and pressure increase with depth. Here, the authors present a global interrogation of reflectors in the Earth’s mid-mantle revealing a significant variation in their properties, with widespread ...
Lauren Waszek +2 more
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Sr-Nd isotope geochemistry of the early Precambrian sub-alkaline mafic igneous rocks from the southern Bastar craton, Central India [PDF]
, 2009 Sr–Nd isotope data are reported for the early Precambrian sub-alkaline mafic igneous rocks of the southern Bastar craton, central India. These mafic rocks are mostly dykes but there are a few volcanic exposures.
BL Weaver +39 more
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Dense hydrous silica carrying water to the deep Earth and promotion of oxygen fugacity heterogeneity
Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022 Water has remarkable effects on the properties of mantle rocks, but, owing to the high temperatures in the mantle, uncertainties remain about how and how much water is transported into the deep Earth.
Yanhao Lin, Ho-Kwang Mao
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pyMelt: An extensible Python engine for mantle melting calculations
Volcanica, 2022 Modelling the melting of Earth’s mantle is crucial for understanding the distribution of volcanic activity on Earth and for testing models of mantle convection and mantle lithological heterogeneity.
Simon Matthews +2 more
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Dynamic Earth: crustal and mantle heterogeneity
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2008 The dynamic processes within the Earth leave their record in geophysical and geochemical variation about the general stratification with depth. A snapshot of current structure is provided by geophysical evidence, whereas geochemical information provides a perspective over the age of the Earth.
Kennett, Brian, Tkalčić, Hrvoje
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Mantle heterogeneity during the formation of the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Constraints from trace element and Sr-Nd-Os-O isotope systematics of Baffin Island picrites [PDF]
, 2004 Sr-Nd-Os-O isotope and major and trace element data from ~62 Ma picrites from Baffin Island constrain the composition of mantle sources sampled at the inception of North Atlantic Igneous Province (NAIP) magmatism.
Eiler, J. +5 more
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Strong, Multi-Scale Heterogeneity in Earth’s Lowermost Mantle [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2015 AbstractThe core mantle boundary (CMB) separates Earth’s liquid iron outer core from the solid but slowly convecting mantle. The detailed structure and dynamics of the mantle within ~300 km of this interface remain enigmatic: it is a complex region, which exhibits thermal, compositional and phase-related heterogeneity, isolated pockets of partial melt ...
Tkalčić, Hrvoje +5 more
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