Science Highlights
Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with synchrotron X-radiation
Noda, M., Gwanmesia, G. D., Whitaker, M. L., Chen, H., Inoue, T., Sakamoto, N., and Yurimoto, H. "Elasticity of β-Mg2SiO4 containing 1.2 wt% H2O to 10 GPa and 600 K by ultrasonic interferometry with...
Equation of state of Fe-bearing epidote-group minerals determined by X-ray diffraction
Zhang, Xinyue, Ningyu Sun, and Zhu Mao. “Equation of state of Fe-bearing epidote-group minerals determined by X-ray diffraction.” American Mineralogist 111, no. 1 (2026): 108-117.
Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire
Kang, K., Whelan, E. M., Bone, S., Rowley, M. C., Marcus, M. A., & Peña, J. (2025). Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils...
Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions
Chen, Sibo, Siheng Wang, Xintong Qi, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Baosheng Li. “Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions.” Proceedings of the...
Viscosity of Dry and Hydrous Diopside Melts at High Pressures: Implications for Upper Mantle Magma Dynamics
Chen, Q., Zhao, B., Yu, T., Ashley, A. W., & Wang, Y. (2025). Viscosity of dry and hydrous diopside melts at high pressures: Implications for upper mantle magma dynamics. Journal of Geophysical...
Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities
Zhou, Wen-Yi, Ming Hao, Wenhao Su, Taehyun Kim, Sibo Chen, Sang-Heon Shim, Dongzhou Zhang, Phuong QH Nguyen, Katherine Armstrong, and Jin S. Zhang. “Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor...
Effect of multiple calcination cycles on CO2 capture efficiency during carbonation of MgO in a mineral looping process
Tajuelo Rodriguez, E., Anovitz, L.M., Adapa, S., Yuan, Ke, Hensley, D., Chung, D-Y., Boebinger, M.G., Stack, A.G., Weber, J. Effect of multiple calcination cycles on CO2 capture efficiency during...
In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine two-phase mixtures: Implications for dynamics and seismic anisotropy in the mantle wedge
Hurlow, Rose, Wenhao Su, Wen-Yi Zhou, Feng Lin, Lowell Miyagi, Timothy Officer, Tony Yu et al. “In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine two-phase mixtures: Implications for dynamics and seismic...
Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions
Horn, H.W., Vazan, A., Chariton, S. Prakapenka, V., Shim, S-H., Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions. Nature 646, 1069–1074 (2025).