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Slab melting as a barrier to deep carbon subduction

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  • Andrew R. Thomson

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
    University College London)

  • Michael J. Walter

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • Simon C. Kohn

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol)

  • Richard A. Brooker

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol)

Abstract

Experiments show that carbonated oceanic crust subducting into the mantle will intersect the melting curve at depths of about 300 to 700 kilometres, creating a barrier to direct carbonate recycling into the deep mantle.

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  • Andrew R. Thomson & Michael J. Walter & Simon C. Kohn & Richard A. Brooker, 2016. "Slab melting as a barrier to deep carbon subduction," Nature, Nature, vol. 529(7584), pages 76-79, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:529:y:2016:i:7584:d:10.1038_nature16174
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16174
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    1. Ekaterina S. Kiseeva & Nester Korolev & Iuliia Koemets & Dmitry A. Zedgenizov & Richard Unitt & Catherine McCammon & Alena Aslandukova & Saiana Khandarkhaeva & Timofey Fedotenko & Konstantin Glazyrin , 2022. "Subduction-related oxidation of the sublithospheric mantle evidenced by ferropericlase and magnesiowüstite diamond inclusions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    2. Xiao-Yu Zhang & Li-Hui Chen & Xiao-Jun Wang & Takeshi Hanyu & Albrecht W. Hofmann & Tsuyoshi Komiya & Kentaro Nakamura & Yasuhiro Kato & Gang Zeng & Wen-Xian Gou & Wei-Qiang Li, 2022. "Zinc isotopic evidence for recycled carbonate in the deep mantle," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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