Constraining composition and temperature variations in the mantle transition zone

Wen-Yi Zhou; Ming Hao; Jin S. Zhang; Bin Chen; Ruijia Wang; Brandon Schmandt

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28709-7

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Constraining composition and temperature variations in the mantle transition zone

Wen-Yi Zhou,
Ming Hao,
Jin S. Zhang,
Bin Chen,
Ruijia Wang,
Brandon Schmandt

Affiliations

Wen-Yi Zhou: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Ming Hao: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Jin S. Zhang: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Bin Chen: Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Ruijia Wang: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
Brandon Schmandt: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28709-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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A new study by @JinZhang_MP models the global distribution of wadsleyite proportion, temperature and water content in the upper mantle transition zone.

Published in Nature Communications

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