Cold deep subduction recorded by remnants of a Paleoproterozoic carbonated slab
The onset of modern-style plate tectonics remains under debate. Here, Xu et al. report a cold thermal-gradient recorded in an eclogite xenolith in Paleoproterozoic carbonatite from orogen, and propose that modern-style subduction has operated since at least the Paleoproterozoic.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05140-5 |