Slab melting as a barrier to deep carbon subduction

Andrew R. Thomson (), Michael J. Walter, Simon C. Kohn and Richard A. Brooker
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Andrew R. Thomson: School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol
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

Nature, 2016, vol. 529, issue 7584, 76-79

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.

Date: 2016
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