Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shown that deep sea fault zones could transport much larger amounts of water from Earth’s oceans to the upper mantle than previously thought. Water is carried mantle by deep sea fault zones which penetrate the oceanic plate as it bends into the subduction zone. Subduction, where an oceanic […]
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Is there an ocean beneath our feet? Ocean water may reach upper mantle through deep sea faults
February 10th, 2014 Riffin