A universal concept for melting in mantle upwellings - Nature
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A universal concept for melting in mantle upwellings - Nature

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The first melts generated in any solid-state mantle upwelling are kimberlitic CO2-rich silicate melts that form at about 250 km depth through oxidation of elemental carbon to CO2.