Volume 97, Issue 1 pp. 309-315
Special Section

Phase Stability and Reactions of Subducting CaCO3 under Upper Mantle Conditions

Weibin GUI

Weibin GUI

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100193 China

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Kewei SHEN

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Kewei SHEN

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing, 100193 China

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Jin LIU

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Jin LIU

Center for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, 066004 China

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First published: 15 March 2023

About the first author:

GUI Weibin, male, born in 1993 in Laizhou, Shandong Province, China. Ph.D. candidate in high-pressure geochemistry at the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research. He is currently interested in the geochemical behavior of carbonates and hydrous minerals under high pressure and temperature conditions. E-mail: [email protected].

About the corresponding authors:

SHEN Kewei, female, born in 1993 in Xingtai, Hebei Province, China. Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research. Her research interests focus on the physics and chemistry of minerals and rocks under high-pressure-temperature conditions. E-mail: [email protected].

LIU Jin, male, born in 1984 in Jiangsu Province, China, Ph.D.; professor of mineral physics at Yanshan University. He has been focused on the physical and chemical properties of planetary materials under extreme conditions since 2007. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract

CaCO3 is an important component of marine sediments and one of the major deep-carbon carriers at subduction zones. Some subducted CaCO3 can be dissolved in subduction fluids and recycled back to the surface via arc volcanoes degassing. At the same time, there still remain large amounts of CaCO3 and its reaction products, which could be further transported into Earth's deep interior. These internal processes link atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere with the deep solid Earth, modifying the environments of our planet. In this review, we summarize current understanding from high pressure-temperature experiments and field petrological observations on the physical and chemical properties of CaCO3. In particular, the phase stability and reactions of CaCO3 largely control the migration and reservation of oxidized carbon in subducting slabs. Finally, we present several critical but unsolved questions on CaCO3 subducting in the deep mantle.

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