Fluxing of mantle carbon as a physical agent for metallogenic fertilization of the crust

Magmatic systems play a crucial role in enriching the crust with volatiles and elements that reside primarily within the Earth’s mantle. Here, the authors show that carbon, as a buoyant supercritical CO2 fluid, could be a covert agent that may promote the physical transport of sulfides across the ma...

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Main Authors: Daryl E. Blanks, David A. Holwell, Marco L. Fiorentini, Marilena Moroni, Andrea Giuliani, Santiago Tassara, José M. González-Jiménez, Adrian J. Boyce, Elena Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18157-6
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Summary:Magmatic systems play a crucial role in enriching the crust with volatiles and elements that reside primarily within the Earth’s mantle. Here, the authors show that carbon, as a buoyant supercritical CO2 fluid, could be a covert agent that may promote the physical transport of sulfides across the mantle-crust transition.
ISSN:2041-1723