Researchers studying ocean transform faults, describe a previously unknown part of the geological carbon cycle

ScienceDaily
Feb 12, 2024, 3:35 pm335 ptsTop
This study reports widespread mineral carbonation of mantle rocks in an oceanic transform fueled by magmatic degassing of CO2. The findings describe a previously unknown part of the geological carbon cycle in transform faults that represent one of the three principal plate boundaries on Earth. The confluence of…

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