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 …

Evolution of Earth's tectonic carbon conveyor belt

RD Müller, B Mather, A Dutkiewicz, T Keller, A Merdith… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Concealed deep beneath the oceans is a carbon conveyor belt, propelled by plate tectonics.
Our understanding of its modern functioning is underpinned by direct observations, but its …

Reevaluating carbon fluxes in subduction zones, what goes down, mostly comes up

PB Kelemen, CE Manning - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Carbon fluxes in subduction zones can be better constrained by including new estimates of
carbon concentration in subducting mantle peridotites, consideration of carbonate solubility …

The role of an oxidized lithospheric mantle in gold mobilization

KF Qiu, RL Romer, ZY Long, AE Williams-Jones… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Phanerozoic orogenic gold mineralization at craton margins is related to the metasomatism
of the lithospheric mantle by crustal material. Slab subduction transfers Au from the crust to …

The oxidation state, and sulfur and Cu contents of arc magmas: implications for metallogeny

JP Richards - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
Global data for measured Fe 2 O 3/FeO ratios and Cu contents in unaltered volcanic and
intrusive arc rocks indicate that, on average, they are slightly more oxidized than other …

[LIVRE][B] Stable isotope geochemistry

J Hoefs, J Hoefs - 2009 - Springer
The nine editions of Stable Isotope Geochemistry have appeared over a time span of nearly
50 years. The first edition (1973) appeared as a slim book of 135 pages. Due to the rapid …

Uncovering and quantifying the subduction zone sulfur cycle from the slab perspective

JL Li, EM Schwarzenbach, T John, JJ Ague… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sulfur belongs among H2O, CO2, and Cl as one of the key volatiles in Earth's chemical
cycles. High oxygen fugacity, sulfur concentration, and δ34S values in volcanic arc rocks …

Fluid and mass transfer at subduction interfaces—The field metamorphic record

GE Bebout, SC Penniston-Dorland - Lithos, 2016 - Elsevier
The interface between subducting oceanic slabs and the hanging wall is a structurally and
lithologically complex region. Chemically disparate lithologies (sedimentary, mafic and …

Variations in Fe3+/∑Fe of Mariana Arc Basalts and Mantle Wedge fO2

MN Brounce, KA Kelley, E Cottrell - Journal of Petrology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Arc basalts are more oxidized than mid-ocean ridge basalts, but it is unclear whether this
difference is due to differentiation processes in the Earth's crust or to a fundamental …

Large-scale porphyry-type mineralization in the Central Asian metallogenic domain: A review

J Gao, R Klemd, M Zhu, X Wang, J Li, B Wan… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of porphyry-type Cu-(Mo)-(Au) deposits including some giant world-class deposits
such as Kounrad, Aktogai, Kal'makyr, Oyu Tolgoi and Chalukou occur in the Central Asian …