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Sedimentary Tepees Record Ocean Chemistry

by V. Salters 6 August 202121 September 2022

Sedimentary structures from evaporative coastal environments indicate carbonate saturation, offer insight in mid-Mesozoic ocean chemistry and potentially even earlier times.

Figure showing a thermal model of a subduction zone with the relatively cold (blue) oceanic plate sinking into the comparatively hot (red) mantle.
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Diamonds Are at Fault

by V. Salters 26 May 202122 September 2022

Deep-seated earthquakes in subduction zones are related to diamond formation.

A model bulk water storage capacity map of the pyrolitic mantle up to 27 GPa
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Watering Down the Mantle

by V. Salters 9 March 20214 August 2023

The cooling of planet Earth over time increased the water carrying capacity of the mantle and could have shrunk the oceans.

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Life in the Chicxulub Crater Years After It Was Formed

by V. Salters 24 November 20202 February 2022

While the seas were still churning from the impact and the seawater temperatures were high due to the hydrothermal activity, life was reestablishing itself inside the crater.

An aurora as seen from the International Space Station.
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AGU Advances Goes Online

Eric Davidson, president-elect of AGU by Susan Trumbore, A. Barros, Eric Davidson, Bethany Ehlmann, J. Famiglietti, N. Gruber, Mary Hudson, T. Illangasekare, Sarah Kang, T. Parsons, P. Rizzoli, V. Salters, B. Stevens, D. Wuebbles, Peter Zeitler and T. Zhu 7 August 20193 April 2023

Featuring high-impact papers and a streamlined process, AGU’s new journal is ready to launch.

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