Subducting carbon

T Plank, CE Manning - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
A hidden carbon cycle exists inside Earth. Every year, megatons of carbon disappear into
subduction zones, affecting atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen over Earth's history …

The dynamic history of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Mexico subduction zone

L Ferrari, T Orozco-Esquivel, V Manea, M Manea - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB) is a 1000km long Neogene continental arc
showing a large variation in composition and volcanic style, and an intra-arc extensional …

Slab2, a comprehensive subduction zone geometry model

GP Hayes, GL Moore, DE Portner, M Hearne… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow
megathrust interfaces of subduction zones host Earth's largest earthquakes and are likely …

Subduction factory: 4. Depth‐dependent flux of H2O from subducting slabs worldwide

PE Van Keken, BR Hacker… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A recent global compilation of the thermal structure of subduction zones is used to predict
the metamorphic facies and H2O content of downgoing slabs. Our calculations indicate that …

Slab1. 0: A three‐dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

GP Hayes, DJ Wald, RL Johnson - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We describe and present a new model of global subduction zone geometries, called Slab1.
0. An extension of previous efforts to constrain the two‐dimensional non‐planar geometry of …

The global range of subduction zone thermal models

EM Syracuse, PE van Keken, GA Abers - Physics of the Earth and …, 2010 - Elsevier
We model 56 segments of subduction zones using kinematically defined slabs based on
updated geometries from Syracuse and Abers (2006) to obtain a comprehensive suite of …

The emissions of CO2 and other volatiles from the world's subaerial volcanoes

TP Fischer, S Arellano, S Carn, A Aiuppa, B Galle… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Volcanoes are the main pathway to the surface for volatiles that are stored within the Earth.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is of particular interest because of its potential for climate forcing …

The Role of H2O in Subduction Zone Magmatism

TL Grove, CB Till, MJ Krawczynski - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Water is a key ingredient in the generation of magmas in subduction zones. This review
focuses on the role of water in the generation of magmas in the mantle wedge, the factors …

Tracking carbon from subduction to outgassing along the Aleutian-Alaska Volcanic Arc

T Lopez, TP Fischer, T Plank, A Malinverno… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Subduction transports volatiles between Earth's mantle, crust, and atmosphere, ultimately
creating a habitable Earth. We use isotopes to track carbon from subduction to outgassing …

[HTML][HTML] Lithosphere thickness controls the extent of mantle melting, depth of melt extraction and basalt compositions in all tectonic settings on Earth–A review and …

Y Niu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Basalts and basaltic rocks are the most abundant igneous rocks on the earth and their
petrologic and geochemical studies have formed our knowledge base on the thermal …