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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 260, Issue 1-2, Pages 1-9Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.038
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Juina; inclusions in diamond; mantle heterogeneity; Raman spectroscopy; x-ray fluorescence
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Effective CO,storage in the shallow solid Earth mainly occurs by the formation of carbonates. Although the possibility of transport and storage of carbonates to great depth is demonstrated experimentally, ultra-deep mantle carbonates have not been found before. Applying several in situ analytical techniques on inclusions in diamonds from Juina (Brazil) originating from the lower part of the transition zone (> 5 80 km) or even the lower mantle (> 670 km), reveal the existence of deep Earth carbonates. These finding unquestionably show that at least locally carbonates exist within the deep Earth and may indicate that the Earth's global Co-2-cycle has an ultra-deep extension. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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