Nature Communications (Jul 2022)
Oxygen isotope (δ18O, Δ′17O) insights into continental mantle evolution since the Archean
Abstract
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