Cold deep subduction recorded by remnants of a Paleoproterozoic carbonated slab
oleh: Cheng Xu, Jindřich Kynický, Wenlei Song, Renbiao Tao, Zeng Lü, Yunxiu Li, Yueheng Yang, Miroslav Pohanka, Michaela V. Galiova, Lifei Zhang, Yingwei Fei
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01 |
Deskripsi
The onset of modern-style plate tectonics remains under debate. Here, Xu et al. report a cold thermal-gradient recorded in an eclogite xenolith in Paleoproterozoic carbonatite from orogen, and propose that modern-style subduction has operated since at least the Paleoproterozoic.