Carbonate dissolution during subduction revealed by diamond-bearing rocks from the Alps
Abstract
The mechanisms by which carbon is transported from subducted oceanic crust into the overlying mantle wedge are poorly understood. Geochemical analyses of diamond-bearing fluid inclusions found in the western Alps indicate that carbon dissolution, driven by fluids released from the subducting plate, provides an efficient mechanism to transport carbon into the mantle.
- Publication:
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Nature Geoscience
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1038/ngeo1246
- Bibcode:
- 2011NatGe...4..703F