Subducting carbon

T Plank, CE Manning - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
A hidden carbon cycle exists inside Earth. Every year, megatons of carbon disappear into
subduction zones, affecting atmospheric carbon dioxide and oxygen over Earth's history …

Fluids of the lower crust: deep is different

CE Manning - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Deep fluids are important for the evolution and properties of the lower continental and arc
crust in tectonically active settings. They comprise four components: H2O, nonpolar gases …

Uncovering and quantifying the subduction zone sulfur cycle from the slab perspective

JL Li, EM Schwarzenbach, T John, JJ Ague… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sulfur belongs among H2O, CO2, and Cl as one of the key volatiles in Earth's chemical
cycles. High oxygen fugacity, sulfur concentration, and δ34S values in volcanic arc rocks …

Mantle oxidation by sulfur drives the formation of giant gold deposits in subduction zones

DY He, KF Qiu, AC Simon, GS Pokrovski, HC Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Oxidation of the sub-arc mantle driven by slab-derived fluids has been hypothesized to
contribute to the formation of gold deposits in magmatic arc environments that host the …

The water and fluid-mobile element cycles during serpentinite subduction. A review

M Scambelluri, E Cannaò… - European Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The key role of serpentinites in the global cycles of volatiles, halogens and fluid-mobile
elements in oceans and in subduction zones is now ascertained by many studies …

Extended Deep Earth Water Model for predicting major element mantle metasomatism

F Huang, DA Sverjensky - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Fluids in the deep crust and upper mantle appear to have played roles in the long-term
evolution of the subcratonic lithospheric mantle and the stabilities of the continents, in the …

Mantle wedge oxidation from deserpentinization modulated by sediment-derived fluids

JA Padrón-Navarta, V López Sánchez-Vizcaíno… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-pressure dehydration of serpentinite during subduction generates fluids that flux and
melt the overlying mantle wedge, forming primary arc basalts. These basalts are …

The composition of subduction zone fluids and the origin of the trace element enrichment in arc magmas

G Rustioni, A Audetat, H Keppler - Contributions to mineralogy and …, 2021 - Springer
The partitioning of major and trace elements between eclogite and aqueous fluids with
variable salinity was studied at 700–800° C and 4–6 GPa in piston cylinder and multi anvil …

Habitability of exoplanet waterworlds

ES Kite, EB Ford - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Many habitable zone (HZ) exoplanets are expected to form with water mass fractions higher
than that of the Earth. For rocky exoplanets with 10–1000× Earth's H 2 O but without H 2, we …

Rise of Earth's atmospheric oxygen controlled by efficient subduction of organic carbon

MS Duncan, R Dasgupta - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
The net flux of carbon between the Earth's interior and exterior, which is critical for redox
evolution and planetary habitability, relies heavily on the extent of carbon subduction. While …