Nature Communications (Sep 2017)
Silicate dissolution boosts the CO2 concentrations in subduction fluids
Abstract
Current estimates of dissolved CO2 in subduction-zone fluids based on thermodynamic models rely on a very sparse experimental data base. Here, the authors show that experimental graphite-saturated COH fluids interacting with silicates at 1–3 GPa and 800 °C display unpredictably high CO2 contents.