In a recent paper published in National Science Review, a jointed team of scholars from China and UK has made significant ...

Table 1 Measurements of sediment pH in various published studies. Previous studies have investigated the vertical variability of pH at the scale of either centimeters in surface sediment (≤2 m), or ...

The current trace element compositions and previous studies on post-collisional mafic rocks suggest that the enriched material added to the subcontinental lithospheric mantle beneath the Qilian Block ...

These deposits were formed just before the Izanagi-Pacific Ridge was subducted beneath Japan ... (sedimentary rock originating from pelagic sediment). Evidence from sulfur and lead isotopes ...

Scientists have uncovered potential remnants of Earth's ancient crust, often referred to as ‘sunken worlds,’ hidden deep within the mantle.And this was possible because of a new way of mapping ...

Schematic representation of the process of subduction of tectonic plates and of a mantle plume rising from an LLSVP. In the latter, the mineral grains are larger than those in the subducted plates.

These deposits were formed just before the Izanagi–Pacific Ridge was subducted beneath Japan. Several factors supported this conclusion ... and the absence of chert (sedimentary rock originating from ...

This becomes buried by small particles of rock called sediment. As more layers of sediment build up on top, the sediment around the skeleton begins to compact and turn to rock. The bones then ...