Where Do Carbon Atoms Reside Within Earth's Mantle?
Abstract
Solubility measurements of carbon in olivine confirm a widely held belief that most carbon is stored in other, less abundant minerals.
- Publication:
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Physics Today
- Pub Date:
- October 2003
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2003PhT....56j..21W
- Keywords:
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- carbon;
- atoms;
- Earth mantle;
- chemical analysis;
- minerals;
- flow simulation;
- secondary ion mass spectroscopy;
- carbon compounds;
- melting;
- grain boundary diffusion;
- percolation