Carbon isotope cycle and mantle structure

Details Carbon isotope cycle and mantle structure Carbon isotope cycle and mantle structure

Mar 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3105603c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 5, CiteID L05603

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Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Carbon Cycling, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Modeling, Tectonophysics: Dynamics Of Lithosphere And Mantle-General, Tectonophysics: Earth'S Interior-Composition And State, Tectonophysics: Evolution Of The Earth

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Despite that no change is observed in the δ13C of sediments and upper mantle rocks over the Earth's history, the carbon isotope cycle is probably not at steady state. The δ13C of -5‰ of the upper mantle is different from that of the subducted carbon, which is close to -1‰. Indeed, most of the subducted carbon is made of carbonates: 85% of subducted sedimentary carbon plus carbonates formed by low temperature hydrothermal alteration of oceanic crust. Since no long term evolution is observed for the mantle and sedimentary rocks, the net subduction flux of heavy carbon requires to be compensated by a deep mantle process. End-member models for the carbon isotope cycle at the Gyr scale suggest that it could be a flux from a deep primitive reservoir or the segregation of subducted oceanic crust at the core-mantle boundary.

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