CO2-Rich Melts in Earth

Gregory M. Yaxley, Sujoy Ghosh, Ekaterina S. Kiseeva, Ananya Mallik, Carl Spandler, Andrew R. Thomson, Michael J. Walter

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the systematics of partial melting of mantle lithologies - like peridotite and eclogite - in the presence of carbon dioxide. It discusses the composition of mantle-derived magmas generated in the presence of carbon dioxide and whether magmas erupted on Earth’s surface resemble carbonated magmas from the mantle. It reviews how the production of carbon dioxide-rich magma in the mantle varies as a function of tectonic settings - beneath continents and oceans and in subduction zones - and time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDeep Carbon
Subtitle of host publicationPast to Present
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages129-162
Number of pages34
ISBN (Electronic)9781108677950
ISBN (Print)9781108477499
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbonate melt
  • Carbonate stability
  • Carbonatite
  • Cratonic
  • EMFDD
  • EMOG
  • Oxygen fugacity
  • Peridotite
  • Solidus
  • Subduction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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