Continent-sized anomalous zones with low seismic velocity at the base of Earth's mantle

EJ Garnero, AK McNamara, SH Shim - Nature Geoscience, 2016 - nature.com
Seismic images of Earth's interior reveal two massive anomalous zones at the base of the
mantle, above the core, where seismic waves travel slowly. The mantle materials that …

Experimental petrology applied to natural diamond growth

RW Luth, YN Palyanov… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Perhaps the first point to address in this chapter is what role, or roles, experimental petrology
can play in understanding the formation of natural diamond. As can be seen from the other …

Soil carbon management and climate change

R Lal - Carbon Management, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
World soils, a large reservoir of reactive carbon, moderate the global carbon cycle,
atmospheric chemistry, radioactive forcing and ecosystem services; as such, soil carbon …

Structure, bonding, and mineralogy of carbon at extreme conditions

AR Oganov, RJ Hemley… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The nature and extent of Earth's deep carbon cycle remains uncertain. This chapter
considers high-pressure carbon-bearing minerals, including those of Earth's mantle and …

Nyerereite and nahcolite inclusions in diamond: evidence for lower-mantle carbonatitic magmas

F Kaminsky, R Wirth, S Matsyuk, A Schreiber… - Mineralogical …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Nyerereite and nahcolite have been identified as micro-and nano-inclusions in diamond
from the Juina area, Brazil. Alongside them are Sr-and Ba-bearing calcite minerals from the …

The solidus of carbonated eclogite in the system CaO–Al2O3–MgO–SiO2–Na2O–CO2 to 32 GPa and carbonatite liquid in the deep mantle

K Litasov, E Ohtani - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Melting phase relations have been determined in a model carbonated eclogite (5wt.% CO2)
at 10.5–32.0 GPa and 1300–1850° C. The assemblage of silicate minerals coexisting with …

Carbonatitic inclusions in deep mantle diamond from Juina, Brazil: new minerals in the carbonate-halide association

FV Kaminsky, R Wirth… - The Canadian …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Eleven new minerals were identified in deep mantle primary carbonatitic association as
inclusions in diamond from the Juina area, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Specifically, two carbonates …

Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction of at lower mantle pressures

SS Lobanov, X Dong, NS Martirosyan, AI Samtsevich… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The exceptional ability of carbon to form sp 2 and sp 3 bonding states leads to a great
structural and chemical diversity of carbon-bearing phases at nonambient conditions. Here …

Carbonate stability in the reduced lower mantle

SM Dorfman, J Badro, F Nabiei, VB Prakapenka… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbonate minerals are important hosts of carbon in the crust and mantle with a key role in
the transport and storage of carbon in Earth's deep interior over the history of the planet …

Solidus and phase relations of carbonated peridotite in the system CaO–Al2O3–MgO–SiO2–Na2O–CO2 to the lower mantle depths

KD Litasov, E Ohtani - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2009 - Elsevier
Melting phase relations have been determined in a model carbonated peridotite (5wt.%
CO2) at 10.5–32.0 GPa and 1300–1850° C. The assemblage of silicate minerals coexisting …