Metal saturation in the upper mantle

Arno Rohrbach (), Chris Ballhaus (), Ute Golla–Schindler, Peter Ulmer, Vadim S. Kamenetsky and Dmitry V. Kuzmin
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Arno Rohrbach: Mineralogisches-Petrologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Chris Ballhaus: Mineralogisches-Petrologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Ute Golla–Schindler: Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, 48149 Münster, Germany
Peter Ulmer: Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, ETH Zürich, Clausiusstrasse 25, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Vadim S. Kamenetsky: ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits and School of Earth Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Dmitry V. Kuzmin: Max–Planck–Institut für Chemie, Abt. Kosmochemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany

Nature, 2007, vol. 449, issue 7161, 456-458

Abstract: High-pressure experiments are used to show that large parts of the Earth's asthenosphere are metal-saturated, demonstrating that oxidation is only a shallow phenomenon restricted to an upper veneer only about 250 km depth.

Date: 2007
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