Sentences with phrase «deep mantle carried»

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The 5 - millimeter - long diamond — and its water - carrying ringwoodite (not visible)-- formed deep within Earth's mantle.

Led by Carnegie's Ho - kwang «Dave» Mao, the research team believes that as much as 300 million tons of water could be carried down into Earth's interior every year and generate deep, massive reservoirs of iron dioxide, which could be the source of the ultralow velocity zones that slow down seismic waves at the core - mantle boundary.

Hydration reactions along the subducting plate are thought to carry water deep into the Earth, and dehydration reactions at greater depths release fluids into the overlying mantle that promote melting and volcanism.

Led by Geophysical Laboratory's Ho - kwang «Dave» Mao, the research team believes that as much as 300 million tons of water could be carried down into Earth's interior every year and generate deep, massive reservoirs of iron dioxide, which could be the source of the ultralow velocity zones that slow down seismic waves at the core - mantle boundary.