ArticleNature communications2021
Massive carbon storage in convergent margins initiated by subduction of limestone.
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- The effects of local variations in conditions on carbon storage and release in the continental mantle.National science review · 2024Review
- Experimental production of K-rich metasomes through sediment recycling at the slab-mantle interface in the fore-arc.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Massive abiotic methane production in eclogite during cold subduction.National science review · 2023Article
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Abstract
Remobilization of sedimentary carbonate in subduction zones modulates arc volcanism emissions and thus Earth's climate over geological timescales. Although limestones (or chalk) are thought to be the major carbon reservoir subducted to subarc depths, their fate is still unclear. Here we present high-pressure reaction experiments between impure limestone (7.4 wt.% clay) and dunite at 1.3-2.7 GPa to constrain the melting behaviour of subducted natural limestone in contact with peridotite. The results show that although clay impurities significantly depress the solidus of limestone, melting will not occur whilst limestones are still part of the subducting slab. Buoyancy calculations suggest that most of these limestones would form solid-state diapirs intruding into the mantle wedge, resulting in limited carbon flux to the deep mantle (< ~10 Mt C y
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