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Abundant carbon in the mantle beneath Hawai‘i

Authors :
Kyle R. Anderson
Michael P. Poland
Source :
Nature Geoscience. 10:704-708
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.

Abstract

Estimates of the carbon content of Earth’s mantle and magmas vary. Analysis and modelling of gas emissions at Hawai‘i indicate that the amount of carbon in the Hawaiian mantle plume and CO2 in Hawaiian lavas is 40% greater than previously thought.

Details

ISSN :
17520908 and 17520894
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Geoscience
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........8235b9c2ccc114be9d5c5b1e4e4f0cf7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo3007