The magmatic processes that fuel volcanism, crustal growth, ore formation and discharge of
volcanic gases and aerosols to the atmosphere occur across a range of timescales, from …

The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) is a first-order structural discontinuity that
accommodates differential motion between tectonic plates and the underlying mantle …

Lateral variations of seismic wave speeds and attenuation (dissipation of strain energy) in
the Earth's upper mantle have the potential to map key characteristics such as temperature …

Elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) was used to measure the H contents of 18 synthetic
Fo90 olivines that had been hydrated to varying degrees in high pressure hydrothermal …

The predictions of the theory of light propagation in weakly absorbing anisotropic minerals
are tested against systematic measurements of the infrared absorbance spectra of calcite …

Synthetic hydroxylated titanium-bearing and undoped MgO-buffered forsterite crystals were
heated at atmospheric pressure in air at temperatures from 800 to 1200° C to determine …

The pressure and temperature sensitivity of the two most important point hydrous defects in
mantle olivine involving Si vacancies (associated to trace amounts of titanium [TiChu‐PD] or …

The “Learning from nature” strategy is currently going through a renaissance period in
modern materials science. Valuable experience gained by observing existing natural …

The incorporation of water in olivine and pyroxenes interlayered within fertile lherzolite
compositions was explored experimentally near the wet solidus of lherzolite at 2· 5 and 4 …

We measured hydrogen concentrations in 12 olivines using secondary ion mass
spectrometry (SIMS and NanoSIMS), cross-calibrated against Fourier transform infrared …