Zinc isotopic evidence for recycled carbonate in the deep mantle
oleh: Xiao-Yu Zhang, Li-Hui Chen, Xiao-Jun Wang, Takeshi Hanyu, Albrecht W. Hofmann, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Kentaro Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kato, Gang Zeng, Wen-Xian Gou, Wei-Qiang Li
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01 |
Deskripsi
Zhang et al. perform high-precision zinc (Zn) isotopic analysis on lavas from St. Helena Island in the Atlantic, and Cook-Austral Islands in the Pacific, and confirm that ancient superficial carbonates were transported into the deep mantle billions of years ago.