The redox budget of subduction zones

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 11-32

  Evans, K A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cycling; Iron; Redox; Subduction; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELEMENT MOBILITY; IRON; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SULFUR;

EID: 84861694477     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.003     Document Type: Review

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