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Metal saturation in the upper mantle

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  • Arno Rohrbach

    (Mineralogisches-Petrologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
    Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany)

  • Chris Ballhaus

    (Mineralogisches-Petrologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany)

  • Ute Golla–Schindler

    (Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany)

  • Peter Ulmer

    (Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse 25, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Vadim S. Kamenetsky

    (ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits and School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia)

  • Dmitry V. Kuzmin

    (Max–Planck–Institut für Chemie, Abt. Kosmochemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany
    Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS)

Abstract

High-pressure experiments are used to show that large parts of the Earth's asthenosphere are metal-saturated, demonstrating that oxidation is only a shallow phenomenon restricted to an upper veneer only about 250 km depth.

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  • Arno Rohrbach & Chris Ballhaus & Ute Golla–Schindler & Peter Ulmer & Vadim S. Kamenetsky & Dmitry V. Kuzmin, 2007. "Metal saturation in the upper mantle," Nature, Nature, vol. 449(7161), pages 456-458, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:449:y:2007:i:7161:d:10.1038_nature06183
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06183
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    1. Chunfei Chen & Stephen F. Foley & Svyatoslav S. Shcheka & Yongsheng Liu, 2024. "Copper isotopes track the Neoproterozoic oxidation of cratonic mantle roots," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Ekaterina S. Kiseeva & Nester Korolev & Iuliia Koemets & Dmitry A. Zedgenizov & Richard Unitt & Catherine McCammon & Alena Aslandukova & Saiana Khandarkhaeva & Timofey Fedotenko & Konstantin Glazyrin , 2022. "Subduction-related oxidation of the sublithospheric mantle evidenced by ferropericlase and magnesiowüstite diamond inclusions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Dariusz Knez & Omid Ahmad Mahmoudi Zamani, 2023. "Up-to-Date Status of Geoscience in the Field of Natural Hydrogen with Consideration of Petroleum Issues," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(18), pages 1-17, September.

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