Serpentine’s wet breakdown path and enhanced water flux in cold subduction zones
Heehyeon Sim, Yoonah Bang, Huijeong Hwang, Nico Giordano, Dongzhou Zhang, Hyun Hwi Lee, Taeyeol Jeon, Robert Farla, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Yongjae Lee · 2026
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Heehyeon Sim and colleagues report 2026 lab work on how serpentine, a water-rich mineral in sinking ocean plates, carries water deep into Earth. Samples held about 13 percent water by weight and faced high pressure and heat along two cold sinking paths. Extra water in the setup varied widely, and X-ray and sound tools tracked new minerals as they formed.
With plenty of extra water on the coldest path, samples took up even more water and formed new water-rich phases past about 280 kilometers deep. With little extra water, change occurred without water loss. On a warmer cold path, samples instead released water. Slabs may carry far more water than once thought.
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| CREATOR | Heehyeon Sim, Yoonah Bang, Huijeong Hwang, Nico Giordano, Dongzhou Zhang, Hyun Hwi Lee, Taeyeol Jeon, Robert Farla, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Yongjae Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58213 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |