Dual hydration of oceanic lithosphere
Fan Zhang, Jian Lin, Rixiang Zhu, Xubo Zhang, Jiangyang Zhang, Zhiyuan Zhou
Abstract
Water input budget of global oceanic lithosphere at different tectonic settings are quantitatively estimated. The results indicate that the hydration at subduction zone is fundamentally essential to plate dynamics and water cycle of the Earth.
Topics & Concepts
LithosphereSubductionGeologyTectonicsPlate tectonicsEarth scienceSeismologyGeophysicsHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsGeological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studies