2023
DOI: 10.1111/iar.12499
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Role of mantle carbonation in trench outer‐rise region in the global carbon cycle

Ikuo Katayama,
Keishi Okazaki,
Atsushi Okamoto

Abstract: A nearly balanced carbon budget between subduction input and degassing output has likely controlled the long‐term surface environment and habitability of Earth throughout geological history. However, the ongoing extensive hydration and carbonation of the mantle in trench outer‐rise regions may affect the global carbon budget. In this study, we show that the carbon content of the lithospheric mantle can be inferred from geophysical data and thermodynamic modeling. Based on the seismic velocity anomaly in trench… Show more

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“…This may have been different in periods of Earth's history with abundant slow-spreading ridges, which may have ultramafic rocks at the sea floor as in the modern Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean [ 33 ]. An additional uncertainty for carbon budgets here is the contribution of carbonation of ultramafic rocks along deep faults during flexure of the oceanic crust as it approaches subduction zones [ 34 ]. During the last few years, estimates of the carbon content of altered igneous sections of oceanic crust have remained stable (500 ± 100 ppm; [ 16 ]), whereas estimates of the CO 2 flux from the upper sedimentary layers have increased to 57–60 Mt C/yr [ 35 , 36 ].…”
Section: Carbon Return During Subductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This may have been different in periods of Earth's history with abundant slow-spreading ridges, which may have ultramafic rocks at the sea floor as in the modern Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean [ 33 ]. An additional uncertainty for carbon budgets here is the contribution of carbonation of ultramafic rocks along deep faults during flexure of the oceanic crust as it approaches subduction zones [ 34 ]. During the last few years, estimates of the carbon content of altered igneous sections of oceanic crust have remained stable (500 ± 100 ppm; [ 16 ]), whereas estimates of the CO 2 flux from the upper sedimentary layers have increased to 57–60 Mt C/yr [ 35 , 36 ].…”
Section: Carbon Return During Subductionmentioning
confidence: 99%