Fertile upper mantle peridotite xenoliths indicate no wholesale destruction of cratonic root in East Asia

Abstract A major question in geodynamic evolution of the Earth is whether the continental keel evolved geochemically or were delaminated and replaced by a new mantle. Here we present direct evidence for the geochemical evolution of continental keel from lherzolite xenoliths preserved in the Cenozoic...

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Main Authors: Vinod O. Samuel, Sanghoon Kwon, Yirang Jang, Youngwoo Kil, M. Santosh, Chaewon Park, Keewook Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01170-0