Rust under Pressure Could Explain Deep Earth Anomalies (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Rust under Pressure Could Explain Deep Earth Anomalies

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An artwork depicting the decomposition of FeOOH in lower mantle conditions. The cycle starts from α-FeOOH (blue dot on the top) to its high-pressure form (brown dot), to FeO2 (center crystal) and hydrogen (cyan bubbles), and finally produce other minerals (bubbles on the left side).

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