Water takes a deep dive into an oceanic tectonic plate

Donna J. Shillington ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 563, issue 7731, 335-336

Abstract: A tectonic plate descending into the Mariana Trench carries sea water deep into Earth’s interior. It seems that much more water enters Earth at this location than was thought — with implications for the global water budget.

Keywords: Solid Earth sciences; Seismology; Geophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-07335-8

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