The concentration and distribution of water in the Earth has influenced its evolution
throughout its history. Even at the trace levels contained in the planet's deep interior (mantle …

Water plays an important role in most processes within the Earth's mantle, eg transport
phenomena, differentiation and seismic properties. This paper reviews the various aspects …

Archean passive margins. In When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth?(eds KC
Condie & V. Pease.), pp. 149–56. Geological Society of America Special Paper no. 440 …

Various methods for inferring the water distribution in Earth's mantle are reviewed including
geochemical and geophysical methods. The geochemical approach using the water …

We apply the newly proposed wave equation‐based receiver function poststack migration
method to the Northern China Interior Structure Project broadband data to image the …

The onset of dehydration melting of nominally anhydrous peridotite can be calculated by
combination of appropriate mineral/melt partition coefficients for H2O, DHmin/liq, and a …

A variety of atypical plume-like structures and focused upwellings that are not rooted in the
lower mantle have recently been discussed, and seismological imaging has shown …

Differences in the viscosity of the earth's upper mantle beneath the western US (∼ 1018–
1019 Pa s) and global average values based on glacial isostatic adjustment and other data …

The upper mantle is the source of almost all magmas. It contains major transitions in
rheological and thermal behaviour that control the character of plate tectonics and the style …

The H2O storage capacity of nominally anhydrous minerals or rocks is the concentration of
water that can be sequestered in the mineral (s) without stabilizing a hydrous fluid or melt …