{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Tian Y"],"funding":["China Scholarship Council","Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council","Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC)","Ministry of Education of the People&apos;s Republic of China","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (Ministry of Education of China)","China Scholarship Council (CSC)","National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["11436"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12748804"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Accurately constraining the molybdenum (Mo) isotope composition (δ<sup>98/95</sup>Mo) of Earth's major reservoirs is essential for understanding its evolution. However, δ<sup>98/95</sup>Mo of the continental crust (CC), particularly the middle and lower crust, remains poorly constrained. Here we show the Mo isotope data for the Gangdese arc section in combination with published data from ultramafic-mafic, intermediate and felsic intrusions, representing the lower, middle and upper CC, respectively, constrain variability within the CC. Mass balance calculations using several crustal depth models generate an average δ<sup>98/95</sup>Mo of the bulk CC of -0.116 ± 0.011‰ (2 s.d.), resolvably heavier than the bulk silicate Earth. Global scale mass balance modeling demonstrates that the Mo isoto"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Missing molybdenum and the composition of the continental crust inferred from molybdenum isotopes."],"pmcid":["PMC12748804"],"funding_grant_id":["42373045","DE210101395","379202403","202306400068"],"pubmed_authors":["Huang F","Li J","Tian Y","McCoy-West AJ","Zeng Y","Xu J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Missing molybdenum and the composition of the continental crust inferred from molybdenum isotopes.","description":"Accurately constraining the molybdenum (Mo) isotope composition (δ<sup>98/95</sup>Mo) of Earth's major reservoirs is essential for understanding its evolution. However, δ<sup>98/95</sup>Mo of the continental crust (CC), particularly the middle and lower crust, remains poorly constrained. Here we show the Mo isotope data for the Gangdese arc section in combination with published data from ultramafic-mafic, intermediate and felsic intrusions, representing the lower, middle and upper CC, respectively, constrain variability within the CC. Mass balance calculations using several crustal depth models generate an average δ<sup>98/95</sup>Mo of the bulk CC of -0.116 ± 0.011‰ (2 s.d.), resolvably heavier than the bulk silicate Earth. Global scale mass balance modeling demonstrates that the Mo isoto","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Dec","modification":"2026-06-06T09:14:37.708Z","creation":"2026-05-28T03:12:13.043Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12748804","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41413020"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-66234-5"]}}