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Simulation of the Planetary Interior Differentiation Processes in the Laboratory
Published on: November 15, 2013
Abstract:
Water is transported to Earth's interior in lithospheric slabs at subduction zones. Shallow dehydration fuels hydrous island arc magmatism but some water is transported deeper in cool slab mantle. Further dehydration at ∼700 km may limit deeper transport but hydrated phases in slab crust have considerable capacity for transporting water to the core-mantle boundary. Quantifying how much remains the challenge.
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