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Subducted organic matter buffered by marine carbonate rules the carbon isotopic signature of arc emissions

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  • S. Tumiati

    (Università degli Studi di Milano)

  • S. Recchia

    (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria)

  • L. Remusat

    (Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Universités – UPMC)

  • C. Tiraboschi

    (Università degli Studi di Milano
    Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster)

  • D. A. Sverjensky

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • C. E. Manning

    (University of California)

  • A. Vitale Brovarone

    (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna)

  • A. Boutier

    (Università degli Studi di Torino)

  • D. Spanu

    (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria)

  • S. Poli

    (Università degli Studi di Milano)

Abstract

Ocean sediments consist mainly of calcium carbonate and organic matter (phytoplankton debris). Once subducted, some carbon is removed from the slab and returns to the atmosphere as CO2 in arc magmas. Its isotopic signature is thought to reflect the bulk fraction of inorganic (carbonate) and organic (graphitic) carbon in the sedimentary source. Here we challenge this assumption by experimentally investigating model sediments composed of 13C-CaCO3 + 12C-graphite interacting with water at pressure, temperature and redox conditions of an average slab–mantle interface beneath arcs. We show that oxidative dissolution of graphite is the main process controlling the production of CO2, and its isotopic composition reflects the CO2/CaCO3 rather than the bulk graphite/CaCO3 (i.e., organic/inorganic carbon) fraction. We provide a mathematical model to relate the arc CO2 isotopic signature with the fluid–rock ratios and the redox state in force in its subarc source.

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  • S. Tumiati & S. Recchia & L. Remusat & C. Tiraboschi & D. A. Sverjensky & C. E. Manning & A. Vitale Brovarone & A. Boutier & D. Spanu & S. Poli, 2022. "Subducted organic matter buffered by marine carbonate rules the carbon isotopic signature of arc emissions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-30421-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30421-5
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    1. S. Tumiati & C. Tiraboschi & D. A. Sverjensky & T. Pettke & S. Recchia & P. Ulmer & F. Miozzi & S. Poli, 2017. "Silicate dissolution boosts the CO2 concentrations in subduction fluids," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.
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    1. Fangyang Hu & Hehe Jiang & Bo Wan & Mihai N. Ducea & Lei Gao & Fu-Yuan Wu, 2024. "Latitude-dependent oxygen fugacity in arc magmas," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.

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