Carbonate-rich crust subduction drives the deep carbon and chlorine cycles

C Chen, MW Förster, SF Foley, SS Shcheka - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The flux balances of carbon and chlorine between subduction into the deep mantle and
volcanic emissions into the atmosphere are crucial for the habitability of our planet …

Recycled Carbonate‐Bearing Silicate Sediments in the Sources of Circum‐Mediterranean K‐Rich Lavas: Evidence From Mg‐Zn Isotopic Decoupling

ZT Shu, SA Liu, D Prelević, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The high flux of subaerial volcanic CO2 emissions around the circum‐Mediterranean region
requires the involvement of an unusually carbon‐rich reservoir, but the origin of which is still …

Experimental production of K-rich metasomes through sediment recycling at the slab-mantle interface in the fore-arc

F Gülmez, D Prelević, MW Förster, S Buhre… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Sediment contribution to the mantle is the key step for the generation of orogenic
magmatism to produce its isotopic and geochemical inventory. Even though they are …

Origin of carbonate melts in orogenic belts by anatexis of downthrust carbonate sediments

C Wang, SF Foley, Y Liu, Y Wang, YG Xu - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbonate melts produced by partial melting of the carbonated mantle or by liquid
immiscibility from mantle-derived silicate melts provide insights into the deep carbon cycle …

Calcium isotope compositions of subduction-related leucite-bearing rocks: Implications for the calcium isotope heterogeneity of the mantle and carbonate recycling in …

H Ren, M Casalini, S Conticelli, C Chen… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Large Ca isotope variations recorded in mantle xenoliths and mantle-derived igneous rocks
have been widely used to decode the origin of mantle heterogeneity, especially to trace …

Metasedimentary “carbon filter” and its implication for subduction zone carbon recycling

JL Li, EM Stewart, T John, JJ Ague, ZR Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The movement of carbon in subduction zones plays a crucial role in regulating the global
carbon cycle, controlling Earth's climate, and maintaining its habitability. Recent work …

Pervasive hydrous carbonatitic liquids mediate transfer of carbon from the slab to the subarc mantle

W Chen, G Zhang, S Keshav, Y Li - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Carbonatitic liquids, as a medium for transferring carbon from the slab to the mantle at
subarc depths, are thought to be restricted either to the hottest conditions or to be the …

The effects of local variations in conditions on carbon storage and release in the continental mantle

SF Foley, C Chen, DE Jacob - National Science Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent advances indicate that the amount of carbon released by gradual degassing from
the mantle needs to be revised upwards, whereas the carbon supplied by plumes may have …

Diapirism of carbonate platforms subducted into the upper mantle

MN Ducea, CA Currie, C Balica, I Lazar… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction of lithospheric plates at convergent margins leads to transport of materials once
close to or at the surface of Earth to great depths. Some of them later return to the surface by …

Deep carbon recycling viewed from global plate tectonics

M Zhang, S Xu, Y Sano - National Science Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Plate tectonics plays an essential role in the redistribution of life-essential volatile elements
between Earth's interior and surface, whereby our planet has been well tuned to maintain …