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...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18157-6 |
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. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 |