The oxidation state of the mantle and the extraction of carbon from Earth's interior

Nature

Volumn 493, Issue 7430, 2013, Pages 84-88

  Stagno, Vincenzo ^a,b   Ojwang, Dickson O ^a   McCammon, Catherine A ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID; DIAMOND; FERRIC ION; IRON; METHANE; MINERAL; OXYGEN; SILICATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH; GRAPHITE; HIGH PRESSURE; LITHOSPHERE; MAGNITUDE; MANTLE; MELTING; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; REDOX POTENTIAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DECOMPRESSIVE MELTING; EARTH MANTLE; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGY; LIQUID; LITHOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; OXYTHERMOBAROMETRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; XENOLITH;

EID: 84871766614     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11679     Document Type: Article

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