Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2021)

Earth’s core could be the largest terrestrial carbon reservoir

  • Suraj K. Bajgain,
  • Mainak Mookherjee,
  • Rajdeep Dasgupta

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00222-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A carbon content in Earth’s outer core between 0.3 and 2.0 % by weight, along with at least two other light elements, is compatible with observational constraints, according to molecular dynamics simulations, and could make the core Earth’s largest carbon reservoir.