Probing recycled carbonate in the lower mantle
Li‐Hui Chen, Xiao‐Jun Wang, Sheng‐Ao Liu
Abstract
Whether surficial carbonates can be carried into the Earth's lower mantle is key to global deep carbon cycles but remains poorly understood. New clues from magnesium and zinc isotopic systematics on rocks from deep-rooted mantle plumes are presented and discussed in this Perspective.
Topics & Concepts
Mantle (geology)CarbonateGeologyGeochemistrySystematicsEarth scienceMagnesiumMineralogyMaterials scienceMetallurgyBiologyTaxonomy (biology)BotanyGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studies