Nature Communications (Jul 2017)
Stability of iron-bearing carbonates in the deep Earth’s interior
- Valerio Cerantola,
- Elena Bykova,
- Ilya Kupenko,
- Marco Merlini,
- Leyla Ismailova,
- Catherine McCammon,
- Maxim Bykov,
- Alexandr I. Chumakov,
- Sylvain Petitgirard,
- Innokenty Kantor,
- Volodymyr Svitlyk,
- Jeroen Jacobs,
- Michael Hanfland,
- Mohamed Mezouar,
- Clemens Prescher,
- Rudolf Rüffer,
- Vitali B. Prakapenka,
- Leonid Dubrovinsky
Affiliations
- Valerio Cerantola
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Elena Bykova
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
- Ilya Kupenko
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Marco Merlini
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano
- Leyla Ismailova
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Center for Hydrocarbon recovery
- Catherine McCammon
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
- Maxim Bykov
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
- Alexandr I. Chumakov
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Sylvain Petitgirard
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
- Innokenty Kantor
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Volodymyr Svitlyk
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Jeroen Jacobs
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Michael Hanfland
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Mohamed Mezouar
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Clemens Prescher
- Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Universität zu Köln
- Rudolf Rüffer
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
- Vitali B. Prakapenka
- GSECARS, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago
- Leonid Dubrovinsky
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15960
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Carbonates are shown to exist in the lower mantle as seen in diamond inclusions, but thermodynamic constraints are poorly understood. Here, the authors synthesise two new iron carbonate compounds and find that self-oxidation-reduction reactions can preserve carbonates in the mantle.
