Rapid shifting of a deep magmatic source at Fagradalsfjall volcano, Iceland

SA Halldórsson, EW Marshall, A Caracciolo… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent Icelandic rifting events have illuminated the roles of centralized crustal magma
reservoirs and lateral magma transport,,–, important characteristics of mid-ocean ridge …

Reckoning with the rocky relationship between eruption size and climate response: toward a volcano-climate index

A Schmidt, BA Black - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Volcanic eruptions impact climate, subtly and profoundly. The size of an eruption is only
loosely correlated with the severity of its climate effects, which can include changes in …

The role of continental subduction in mantle metasomatism and carbon recycling revealed by melt inclusions in UHP eclogites

A Borghini, G Nicoli, S Ferrero, PJ O'brien… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Subduction is the main process that recycles surface material into the mantle. Fluids and
melts derived by dehydration and partial melting reactions of subducted continental crust, a …

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 …

Exceptional eruptive CO2 emissions from intra-plate alkaline magmatism in the Canary volcanic archipelago

M Burton, A Aiuppa, P Allard… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Alkaline mafic magmas forming intra-plate oceanic islands are believed to be strongly
enriched in CO2 due to low-degree partial melting of enriched mantle sources. However …

Reduced plate motion controlled timing of Early Jurassic Karoo-Ferrar large igneous province volcanism

M Ruhl, SP Hesselbo, HC Jenkyns, W Xu, RL Silva… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Past large igneous province (LIP) emplacement is commonly associated with mantle plume
upwelling and led to major carbon emissions. One of Earth's largest past environmental …

Carbon budget of Earth's deep mantle constrained by petrogenesis of silica-poor ocean island basalts

C Sun, R Dasgupta - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The convecting mantle is the Earth's largest carbon reservoir that controls the carbon outflux
from the interior to surface, but its carbon content remains largely uncertain due to limited …

Sulfur disproportionation in deep COHS slab fluids drives mantle wedge oxidation

A Maffeis, ML Frezzotti, JAD Connolly, D Castelli… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Sulfur degassed at volcanic arcs calls for dissolved sulfate ions (S6+) released by
subduction-zone fluids, oxidizing (in association with carbon) the subarc mantle, but sulfur …

The origin of high helium concentrations in the gas fields of southwestern Tanzania

KM Mtili, DJ Byrne, RL Tyne, EO Kazimoto, CN Kimani… - Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Volatile elements are concentrated at Earth's surface, forming a rich atmosphere and oceans
which enabled the eventual emergence of life. However, volatiles are also abundant in solid …

Plumbing system architecture and differentiation processes of the Nyiragongo volcano, DR Congo

SM Molendijk, O Namur… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The Nyiragongo volcano is one of the most alkali-rich volcanic centres on the planet (Na2O+
K2O generally> 10 wt.%, agpaitic index up to 1.34), characterized by a semi-permanently …