Burying Earth's Primitive Mantle in the Slab Graveyard
Abstract The evolution of mantle composition can be viewed as a process of destruction whereby the initial chemical state is overprinted and reworked with time. Analyses of ocean island basalts reveals that some portion of the mantle has survived this process, retaining a chemically “primitive” sign...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Wiley
2021-03-01
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| coleção: | Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems |
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| Acesso em linha: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009396 |