Posts Tagged ‘Carbon concentration’

WFS News: Carbon concentration increases with depth of melting in Earth’s upper mantle

@WFS,World Fossil Society,Riffin T Sajeev,Russel T Sajeev Carbon concentration increases with depth of melting in Earth’s upper mantle Aiuppa, A., Casetta, F., Coltorti, M. et al.  Nat. Geosci. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00797-y Carbon in the upper mantle controls incipient melting of carbonated peridotite and so acts as a critical driver of plate tectonics. The carbon-rich melts that form control […]