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ArticleScience advances2025

Heavy boron isotopes in intraplate basalts reveal recycled carbonate in the mantle.

Rong Xu, Yue Cai, Sarah Lambart, Chunfei Chen, Jun-Bo Zhang, Mei-Fu Zhou, Jia Liu, Zhongjie Bai, Tao Wu, Feng Huang and 2 more

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Rong XuState Key Laboratory of Critical Mineral Research and Exploration, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3569-145X
Yue CaiState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2318-2359
Sarah LambartGeology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3636-7950
Chunfei ChenState Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6421-3166
Jun-Bo ZhangYU-CUGW Joint Research Center on Deep Earth and Surface Dynamic Coupling, College of Resources and Environment, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, China.
Mei-Fu ZhouState Key Laboratory of Critical Mineral Research and Exploration, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0269-6841
Jia LiuKey Laboratory of Geoscience Big Data and Deep Resource of Zhejiang Province, School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4949-6679
Zhongjie BaiState Key Laboratory of Critical Mineral Research and Exploration, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China.
Tao WuOcean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6125-2883
Feng HuangState Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Science and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6215-8223
Ting RuanState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.ORCID 0009-0003-3204-7743
Yongsheng LiuState Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9340-9205

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Abstract

Recycling of surficial volatiles such as carbon into the mantle plays a fundamental role in modulating Earth's habitability. However, slab devolatilization during subduction could prevent carbon from entering the deep mantle. Boron isotopes are excellent tracers of recycled volatiles, but correlations between boron isotopes and mantle heterogeneity indicators are rarely observed, thereby casting doubt that substantial amounts of volatiles and boron can be recycled into the deep mantle. Here, we show that boron isotopes in two different types of primitive continental intraplate basalts correlate well with mantle heterogeneity indicators, indicating contributions of various subducted crustal components. A common high-δ

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