Open AccessDiamond Impurities Reveal Water Deep Within the Mantle
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2018eo095949
Subject(s) - diamond , impurity , mantle (geology) , geology , geochemistry , deep water , materials science , oceanography , metallurgy , chemistry , organic chemistry
A high-pressure form of ice, trapped within diamonds forged in the lower mantle, suggests that aqueous fluids reside deeper in Earth than we knew.