LA FORTEZZA M.

Thermal convection in the Earth's mantle is driven by lateral variations in temperature and density which are substantially controlled by the local volume thermal expansion of the constituent mineral phases. Ringwoodite is a major component of the lower mantle transition zone, but its thermal expansivity and thermoelastic properties are still...

Magnetite-bearing multiphase solid inclusions hosted in metamorphic olivine have been interpreted as final products of the trapping of the aqueous fluid produced by the subduction-zone dehydration of former serpentinites. We provide here a careful analysis performed by microfocus single-crystal X-ray diffraction of inclusions found in...

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