Scientists Reveal the Links between Deep Carbon Cycle and Geodynamics of Big Mantle Wedge (IMAGE)

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Scientists Reveal the Links between Deep Carbon Cycle and Geodynamics of Big Mantle Wedge

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This is a cartoon showing the big mantle wedge beneath eastern Asia and lithosphere thinning process of the North China craton caused by carbonated metasomatism of the lithosphere mantle.

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