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.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Cheng Xu,
Jindřich Kynický,
Wenlei Song,
Renbiao Tao,
Zeng Lü,
Yunxiu Li,
Yueheng Yang,
Miroslav Pohanka,
Michaela V. Galiova,
Lifei Zhang,
Yingwei Fei |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05140-5
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