Geochemistry of silicate and oxide inclusions in sublithospheric diamonds

MJ Walter, AR Thomson… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Minerals included in diamonds provide direct information about the petrologic and chemical
environment of diamond crystallization. They record information relating to local and …

Generation of Cenozoic intraplate basalts in the big mantle wedge under eastern Asia

Y Xu, H Li, L Hong, L Ma, Q Ma, M Sun - Science China Earth Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The roles of subduction of the Pacific plate and the big mantle wedge (BMW) in the evolution
of east Asian continental margin have attracted lots of attention in past years. This paper …

Highly oxidized intraplate basalts and deep carbon storage

XH Dong, SJ Wang, W Wang, S Huang, QL Li, C Liu… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Deep carbon cycle is crucial for mantle dynamics and maintaining Earth's habitability.
Recycled carbonates are a strong oxidant in mantle carbon-iron redox reactions, leading to …

Oxygen fugacities of extrasolar rocks: Evidence for an Earth-like geochemistry of exoplanets

AE Doyle, ED Young, B Klein, B Zuckerman… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Oxygen fugacity is a measure of rock oxidation that influences planetary structure and
evolution. Most rocky bodies in the Solar System formed at oxygen fugacities approximately …

Formation of abiotic hydrocarbon from reduction of carbonate in subduction zones: Constraints from petrological observation and experimental simulation

R Tao, L Zhang, M Tian, J Zhu, X Liu, J Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Subduction is a key process for linking the carbon cycle between the Earth's surface and its
interior. Knowing the carbonation and decarbonation processes in the subduction zone is …

Slab–mantle interaction, carbon transport, and kimberlite generation in the deep upper mantle

C Sun, R Dasgupta - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Low-degree partial melts from deeply subducted, carbonated ocean crust are carbonatite
liquids with∼ 35–47 wt% CO 2. Their reactions with the overlying mantle regulate the slab …

Extreme redox variations in a superdeep diamond from a subducted slab

F Nestola, ME Regier, RW Luth, DG Pearson, T Stachel… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The introduction of volatile-rich subducting slabs to the mantle may locally generate large
redox gradients, affecting phase stability, element partitioning and volatile speciation. Here …

Oxidation of the deep big mantle wedge by recycled carbonates: Constraints from highly siderophile elements and osmium isotopes

R Cai, J Liu, DG Pearson, D Li, Y Xu, SA Liu… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Widespread Cenozoic intraplate basalts from eastern China offer the opportunity to
investigate the consequences of interaction between the stagnant Pacific slab and overlying …

The redox boundaries of Earth's interior

V Stagno, Y Fei - Elements: An International Magazine of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The interior of the Earth is an important reservoir for elements that are chemically bound in
minerals, melts, and gases. Analyses of the proportions of redox-sensitive elements in …

CO2-rich melts in Earth

G Yaxley, S Ghosh, K Kiseeva, A Mallik, A Thomson… - 2019 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
This chapter reviews the systematics of partial melting of mantle lithologies–like peridotite
and eclogite–in the presence of carbon dioxide. It discusses the composition of mantle …