More information: Fan Zhang et al, Dual hydration of oceanic lithosphere, National Science Review (2023). DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwad251 Provided by Science China Press ...

Effect of water on seismic attenuation of the upper mantle: The origin of the sharp lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023; 120 (32) DOI: 10. ...

Usually, the oceanic lithosphere is heavier than the continental one, because it is made of denser minerals like olivine, which accounts for 80% of the oceanic lithosphere.

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and subducting at more than 10 centimeters per year remain sufficiently cold to ...