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Lower Mantle: Submitted By: Jaynil B. Artiaga
Lower Mantle: Submitted By: Jaynil B. Artiaga
Lower Mantle: Submitted By: Jaynil B. Artiaga
LOW
SUBMITTED BY: JAYNIL B. ARTIAGA
PROPERTIES
• THE LOWER MANTLE ACCOUNTS FOR
NEARLY HALF OF THE MASS OF THE
EARTH. IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT
ITS MINERALOGY MOSTLY CONSISTS OF
MAGNESIUM SILICATE PEROVSKITE
(MG,FE,AL)(SI,AL)O3, MAGNESIOWUSTITE
(MG,FE)O, AND CALCIUM SILICATE
PEROVSKITE CASIO3 (E.G. IRIFUNE 1994;
KESSON ET. AL. 1998).
HOW WERE SCIENTISTS ABLE TO DETERMINE THESE PROPERTIES?
WHAT WERE THE EVIDENCES THAT HELPED THEM ARRIVE TO THEIR
CONCLUSIONS?
XENOLITHS
• THE DIAMONDS THEMSELVES ARE OF LESS INTEREST TO GEOLOGISTS THAN THE XENOLITHS SOME
CONTAIN. THESE INTRUSIONS ARE MINERALS FROM THE MANTLE, TRAPPED INSIDE THE ROCK-HARD
DIAMOND. DIAMOND INTRUSIONS HAVE ALLOWED SCIENTISTS TO GLIMPSE AS FAR AS 700 KILOMETERS
(435 MILES) BENEATH EARTH’S SURFACE—THE LOWER MANTLE.
• XENOLITH STUDIES HAVE REVEALED THAT ROCKS IN THE DEEP MANTLE ARE MOST LIKELY 3-BILLION-YEAR
OLD SLABS OF SUBDUCTED SEAFLOOR. THE DIAMOND INTRUSIONS INCLUDE WATER, OCEAN SEDIMENTS,
AND EVEN CARBON.
SEISMIC WAVES
• HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.ORG/ENCYCLOPEDIA/MANTLE/
• HTTPS://WWW.E-EDUCATION.PSU.EDU/EARTH520/CONTENT/L4_P3.HTML
• HTTPS://WWW.BRITANNICA.COM/PLACE/EARTH/THE-INTERIOR#REF514525