Sampling Mantle Heterogeneity through Oceanic Basalts: Isotopes and Trace Elements
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Until the arrival of the theories of plate tectonics and seafloor spreading in the 1960s, the Earth’s mantle was generally believed to consist of peridotites of uniform composition. This view was shared by geophysicists, petrologists, and geochemists alike, and it served to characterize the compositions and physical properties of mantle and crust as “Sial” (silica-alumina) of low density and “Sima” (silica-magnesia) of greater
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