Strong plates enhance mantle mixing in early Earth

Strong plates enhance mantle mixing in early Earth

The subducting plates can either penetrate straight into the lower mantle or flatten in the mantle transition zone, yet slab dynamics in the past remains unclear. Here, using subduction models, the authors predict that a hotter early Earth was probably more favourable to lower mantle slab penetratio...

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Main Authors: Roberto Agrusta, Jeroen van Hunen, Saskia Goes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05194-5
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spelling doaj-c0370e655c014a07b9ddd06138a2e3642021-05-11T09:32:01ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-07-019111010.1038/s41467-018-05194-5Strong plates enhance mantle mixing in early EarthRoberto Agrusta0Jeroen van Hunen1Saskia Goes2Department of Earth Sciences, Durham UniversityDepartment of Earth Sciences, Durham UniversityDepartment of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College LondonThe subducting plates can either penetrate straight into the lower mantle or flatten in the mantle transition zone, yet slab dynamics in the past remains unclear. Here, using subduction models, the authors predict that a hotter early Earth was probably more favourable to lower mantle slab penetration.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05194-5
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description The subducting plates can either penetrate straight into the lower mantle or flatten in the mantle transition zone, yet slab dynamics in the past remains unclear. Here, using subduction models, the authors predict that a hotter early Earth was probably more favourable to lower mantle slab penetration.
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