Melting in the Earth's deep upper mantle caused by carbon dioxide

Rajdeep Dasgupta () and Marc M. Hirschmann
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Rajdeep Dasgupta: University of Minnesota
Marc M. Hirschmann: University of Minnesota

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7084, 659-662

Abstract: By determining the solidus of carbonated peridotite at high pressure it was demonstrated that melting beneath mid-ocean ridges may occur at greater depths than usually assumed — down to 330 kilometres or more.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1038/nature04612

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