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Wetting Behavior of Iron–Carbon Melt in Silicates at Mid-Mantle Pressures With Implications for Earth’s Deep Carbon Cycle

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Published in 2019 at "Frontiers in Earth Science"

DOI: 10.3389/feart.2019.00268

Abstract: Metallic melt containing iron (Fe) and carbon (C) may be present at depths greater than 250 km inside the Earth. Depending on its wetting behavior, such dense melt may be trapped locally or drain into… read more here.

Keywords: iron carbon; carbon; mid mantle; melt silicates ... See more keywords