Oxidation of Archean upper mantle caused by crustal recycling

Lei Gao; Shuwen Liu; Peter A. Cawood; Fangyang Hu; Jintuan Wang; Guozheng Sun; Yalu Hu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30886-4

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Oxidation of Archean upper mantle caused by crustal recycling

Lei Gao,
Shuwen Liu,
Peter A. Cawood,
Fangyang Hu,
Jintuan Wang,
Guozheng Sun,
Yalu Hu

Affiliations

Lei Gao: Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences
Shuwen Liu: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Peter A. Cawood: School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
Fangyang Hu: Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jintuan Wang: State Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS
Guozheng Sun: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Yalu Hu: Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, Ministry of Education, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30886-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The basalt V-Ti redox proxy indicates that both of the Archean ambient and modified mantle exhibit a ~1.0 log unit increase in their evolution for most cratons, possibly derived by widespread crustal recycling.

Published in Nature Communications

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