Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Carbon sequestration during core formation implied by complex carbon polymerization

  • Natalia V. Solomatova,
  • Razvan Caracas,
  • Craig E. Manning

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08742-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The amount of carbon stored in closed hidden reservoirs is unknown. Here the authors use a computational approach to study the evolution of carbon species and observe polymerization of carbon atoms at high pressures, illustrating the potential for a significant carbon reservoir in the Earth’s deep interior.