Sci Bull (Beijing)
February 2025
The core-mantle differentiation process plays a pivotal role in redistributing material on a massive scale, shaping the long-term evolution of rocky planets. Understanding this process is crucial for gaining insights into the accretion and evolution of planets like Mars. However, the details of Mars's core-mantle differentiation remain poorly understood due to limited compositional data for its core and mantle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPorphyry-type molybdenum deposits, many of which are in China, supply most of the World's molybdenum. Of particular importance are the molybdenum deposits located in the Qinling-Dabie region that are responsible for more than half of China's molybdenum production. A feature that distinguishes this suite of deposits from the better-known Climax and Endako sub-types of porphyry molybdenum deposits is their formation from CO-rich magmatic-hydrothermal fluids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElectrical conductivity data of aqueous fluids under pressure can be used to derive the dissociation constants of electrolytes, to assess the effect of ionic dissociation on mineral solubility, and to interpret magnetotelluric data of earth's interior where a free fluid phase is present. Due to limitation on the tensile strength of the alloy material of hydrothermal autoclaves, previous measurements of fluid conductivity were mostly restricted to less than 0.4 GPa and 800 °C.
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