Carbon-dioxide-rich silicate melt in the Earth’s upper mantle

Rajdeep Dasgupta (), Ananya Mallik, Kyusei Tsuno, Anthony C. Withers, Greg Hirth and Marc M. Hirschmann
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Rajdeep Dasgupta: Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Ananya Mallik: Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Kyusei Tsuno: Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS 126, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
Anthony C. Withers: University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Greg Hirth: Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Marc M. Hirschmann: University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7431, 211-215

Abstract: Carbon-dioxide-rich kimberlitic melt explains the low velocity and high electrical conductivity of the mantle asthenosphere and controls the flux of incompatible elements at oceanic ridges.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11731

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