Published in the journal Science, these findings reshape our understanding of how water is stored deep within the planet ... Thus, the water sealed within Earth’s deep structure during its infancy likely ...
Du Zhixue, a professor at the GuangzhouInstitute of Geochemistry, who led the research, said that appreciable amounts of water could have been "locked away" deep within the mantle as molten rock cooled and crystallized into a more solid state.
I’ve been thinking about deep water the past month or so — both literally and figuratively ... In thinking about this deep water thing, my mind went back to an event from 1982.