Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

EARLY EARTH

An Archaean mushy mantle

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Geoscience

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Experimental data reveal that Earth’s mantle melts more readily than previously thought, and may have remained mushy until two to three billion years ago.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1: Schematic illustration of the present-day compared to Archaean mantle.

References

  1. Andrault, D. et al. Nat. Geosci. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-017-0053-9 (2018).

  2. Iwamori, H., McKenzie, D. & Takahashic, E. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 134, 253–266 (1995).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Herzberg, C., Raterron, P. & Zhang, J. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 1, 1051 (2000).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. O’Neill, C., Lenardic, A. & Condie, K. C. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. Publ. 389, 17–40 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Hirschmann, M. M., Asimow, P. D., Ghiorso, M. S. & Stolper, E. M. J. Petrol. 40, 831–851 (1999).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Stephen Parman

Authors
  1. Stephen Parman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Stephen Parman.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Parman, S. An Archaean mushy mantle. Nature Geosci 11, 85–86 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0060-5

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0060-5

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation