UTA study sheds new light on earth’s evolution, suggests hydrogen, oxygen, water and carbon dioxide generated in earth’s mantle
Research from the University of Texas at Arlington and the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology suggests that hydrogen, oxygen, water and carbon dioxide are being generated in the earth’s mantle hundreds of kilometers below the earth’s surface.
“This discovery is important as it shows how earth’s planetary evolution may have happened,” said Asish Basu, UTA professor of earth and environmental sciences and co-author of the cover paper published in Geology in August.
The researchers focused their attention on a seven-kilometer thick portion of the earth’s upper mantle now found in the
