Archive for August 14th, 2017

Remobilization of crustal carbon may dominate volcanic arc emissions

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev A new analysis suggests that much of the carbon released from volcanic arcs, chains of volcanoes that arise along the tectonic plates of a subduction zone, comes from remobilizing limestone reservoirs in the Earth’s crust. Previous research suggested carbon was sourced from the mantle as a result of […]