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SUBMITTER: Liu J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954225 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200110 1
A discontinuity in the seismic velocity associated with the lithosphere-asthenosphere interface, known as the Gutenberg discontinuity, is enigmatic in its origin. While partial mantle melts are frequently suggested to explain this discontinuity, it is not well known which factors critically regulate the melt production. Here, we report geochemical evidence showing that the melt fractions in the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary were enhanced not only by accumulation of compacted carbonated melt ...[more]