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Abstract: The mantle transition zone (MTZ) plays a key role in the deep global material cycle, while the water content in MTZ is debated from saturated to dry. Since the electrical conductivity is ...

Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.