Global Continental Arc Flare-ups and Their Relation to Long-Term Greenhouse Conditions

Research Article| April 01, 2015 Global Continental Arc Flare-ups and Their Relation to Long-Term Greenhouse Conditions Cin-Ty A. Lee; Cin-Ty A. Lee 1Department of Earth Science, Rice UniversityHouston, TX, USAE-mail: ctlee@rice.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jade Star Lackey Jade Star Lackey 2Department of Geology, Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA, USAE-mail: JadeStar.Lackey@pomona.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Cin-Ty A. Lee 1Department of Earth Science, Rice UniversityHouston, TX, USAE-mail: ctlee@rice.edu Jade Star Lackey 2Department of Geology, Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA, USAE-mail: JadeStar.Lackey@pomona.edu Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1811-5217 Print ISSN: 1811-5209 © 2015 by the Mineralogical Society of America Elements (2015) 11 (2): 125–130. https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.11.2.125 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Cin-Ty A. Lee, Jade Star Lackey; Global Continental Arc Flare-ups and Their Relation to Long-Term Greenhouse Conditions. Elements 2015;; 11 (2): 125–130. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gselements.11.2.125 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyElements Search Advanced Search Abstract Continents are long-term storage sites for sedimentary carbonates. Global flare-ups in continental arc volcanism, when arc magmas intersect and interact with stored carbonates, thus have the potential for elevating the global baseline of deep Earth carbon inputs into the atmosphere, leading to long-lived greenhouse conditions. Decarbonation residues, known as skarns, are ubiquitously associated with the eroded remnants of ancient batholiths, attesting to the potential link between continental arc magmatism and enhanced global CO2 inputs to the atmosphere. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.