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Valence/Spin States of Iron in Peridotite Glass to Megabar Pressure Implications for Dense Iron‐Rich Silicate Melt at the Bottom of the Mantle

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 52, Issue 7, 16 April 2025.
Abstract We have conducted high‐pressure electrical conductivity and Mössbauer spectroscopic measurements of peridotite glass as an analog of silicate melts. We observed the shoulder feature in the Mössbauer spectra above 60 GPa due to the emergence of the new Fe2+ component, which could be associated with the change of the iron partitioning ...
Izumi Mashino, Takashi Yoshino, Takaya Mitsui, Kosuke Fujiwara, Sayako Inoué, Takeshi Sakai   +5 more
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Subducted Slab Slipping Underneath the Northern Edge of the Pacific Large Low‐Shear‐Velocity Province in D″

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 130, Issue 4, April 2025.
Abstract We conduct waveform inversion for the 3‐D seismic shear wave (S‐wave) velocity structure in the lowermost mantle near the northern edge of the Pacific large low‐shear‐velocity province (LLSVP). We image a slab‐like high‐velocity anomaly slipping beneath the Pacific LLSVP in the lowermost 200 km of the mantle, extending toward an ultra‐low ...
Keisuke Otsuru, Kenji Kawai, Robert J. Geller   +2 more
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Seismological Structure of the Earth's Lowermost Outer Core (F Layer) Beneath the East‐Central Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 130, Issue 3, March 2025.
Abstract During the inner core solidification, excess light elements are released into the outer core, which causes outer‐core convection. To understand this process, it is important to determine the velocity structure of the bottom outer core (F layer). In previous studies, we developed an effective method that combines two independent observations to
Toshiki Ohtaki, Satoshi Kaneshima, Taku Tsuchiya   +2 more
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No Temporal Change Seen in High‐Frequency Waves Scattered Near the Core‐Mantle Boundary

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 23, 16 December 2024.
Abstract The core‐mantle boundary (CMB) and the outermost core are dynamic and heterogeneous regions with time‐dependent flows. We examine two seismic raypaths, diffracted P and PKP precursors—both replete with scattering, with precisely repeating earthquakes.
Ruoyan Wang, John E. Vidale, Wei Wang
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Iron Content‐Dependence of Ferropericlase Elastic Properties Across the Spin Crossover From Novel Experiments and Machine Learning

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 22, 28 November 2024.
Abstract The iron spin crossover in (Mg1‐xFex)O ferropericlase causes changes to its physical properties that are expected to affect seismic velocities in Earth's lower mantle. We present new time‐resolved pressure‐volume measurements of iron‐rich ferropericlase (xFe = 0.40, 0.59) and combine the results with literature data with xFe = 0.04–0.6 to ...
V. E. Trautner, A. Rijal, C. Plueckthun, N. Satta, E. Koemets, J. Buchen, B. Wang, K. Glazyrin, L. Cobden, H. Marquardt   +9 more
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Structural Evolution of Basaltic Melts in the Deep Earth: Insights From High‐Pressure Sound Velocity of Glass

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Volume 129, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract The densification mechanisms of silicate melts under high pressure are of key interest in understanding the evolution of the early Earth and its present‐day internal structure. Here, we report Brillouin spectroscopy‐derived transverse acoustic wave velocities VS $\left({V}_{S}\right)$ from a basaltic glass at high pressures up to 163 GPa and ...
Charlotte Trubowitz, Motohiko Murakami, Sylvain Petitgirard, Christian Liebske, Catherine McCammon   +4 more
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Investigating Ultra‐Low Velocity Zones as Sources of PKP Scattering Beneath North America and the Western Pacific Ocean: Potential Links to Subducted Oceanic Crust

AGU Advances, Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2024.
Abstract Seismic energy arriving before the compressional (P) wave passing through the core (PKP), called PKP precursors, have been detected for decades, but the origin of those arrivals is ambiguous. The largest amplitude arrivals are linked to scattering at small‐scale lowermost mantle structure, but because these arrivals traverse both source and ...
Michael S. Thorne, Surya Pachhai, Mingming Li, Jamie Ward, Sebastian Rost   +4 more
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Ancient Stratified Thermochemical Piles Due To High Intrinsic Viscosity

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 14, 28 July 2024.
Abstract The two Large Low Velocity Provinces (LLVPs) in the lowermost Earth mantle are thought to affect large‐scale heat and material transport, governing mantle evolution. LLVPs have been interpreted as thermochemical piles of recycled oceanic crust (ROC) and/or other dense rock types.
Matteo Desiderio, Maxim D. Ballmer
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Elastic properties of ferrous bearing MgSiO3 and their relevance to ULVZs [PDF]

Geophysical Journal International, 2015
Joshua M.R. Muir, John P. Brodholt
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Globally distributed subducted materials along the Earth's core-mantle boundary: Implications for ultralow velocity zones. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Hansen SE, Garnero EJ, Li M, Shim SH, Rost S.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source