Continents of the underworld come into focus

Research by our group about the nature of the deep Earth, led by Dr. Curtis Williams, was recently featured in the Atlantic Magazine.

Continents of the underworld come into focus2021-08-14T00:36:46-07:00

Mantle neon illuminates Earth’s formation

Our new paper is out today in Nature: Capture of nebular gases during Earth's accretion is preserved in deep-mantle neon by Curtis Williams and Sujoy Mukhopadhyay. To read some examples of press reports check out the UC Davis press release, Cosmos Magazine or the Daily Mail.

Mantle neon illuminates Earth’s formation2021-08-22T18:50:59-07:00

Mantle Xenon has a story to tell about the history of volatile cycling

A new paper detailing how xenon isotopes remember the history of volatile recycling is out today in Nature: Xenon isotopic constraints on the history of volatile recycling into the mantle by Rita Parai and Sujoy Mukhopadhyay. See some perspectives of the paper in the UC Davis press release and Physics Today

Mantle Xenon has a story to tell about the history of volatile cycling2021-08-22T18:51:42-07:00

Challenging ideas of deep Earth’s behavior and formation

Check out our paper in Nature on Early differentiation and volatile accretion recorded in deep-mantle neon and xenon. The paper presents evidence that the plume and MORB sources had differentiated within the first 100 million years and has not been homogenized since. This results provides new insights into the Earth's early history, volatile accretion, mantle [...]

Challenging ideas of deep Earth’s behavior and formation2021-08-14T01:26:10-07:00
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