Earth science: Redox state of early magmas

Bruno Scaillet (1) , Fabrice Gaillard (1)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans

A study of cerium in zircon minerals has allowed an assessment of the redox conditions that prevailed when Earth's earliest magmas formed. The results suggest that the mantle became oxidized sooner than had been thought

Domaines: Volcanologie; Milieux et Changements globaux

Bruno Scaillet, Fabrice Gaillard. Earth science: Redox state of early magmas. Nature, 2011, 480, pp.48-49. ⟨10.1038/480048a⟩. ⟨insu-00648930⟩