Oxygen isotope (δ18O, Δ′17O) insights into continental mantle evolution since the Archean

Ilya N. Bindeman; Dmitri A. Ionov; Peter M. E. Tollan; Alexander V. Golovin

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31586-9

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Oxygen isotope (δ18O, Δ′17O) insights into continental mantle evolution since the Archean

Ilya N. Bindeman,
Dmitri A. Ionov,
Peter M. E. Tollan,
Alexander V. Golovin

Affiliations

Ilya N. Bindeman: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon
Dmitri A. Ionov: Department of Geosciences, Montpellier University
Peter M. E. Tollan: Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich
Alexander V. Golovin: Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Brach RAS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31586-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The 18 O/16 O ratio of the subcontinental mantle has decreased by 0.2‰, while crustal values increased by 4‰ via fluid transfer since the Archean due to the initiation of plate tectonics and subduction, in line with the crust-upper mantle mass balance

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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