Deep Carbon in Earth: Early Career Scientist Contributions to the Deep Carbon Observatory

• Main Author: Alysia D. Cox (auth)
• Other Authors: Cody S. Sheik (auth), Donato Giovannelli (auth), Benjamin A. Black (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Chemistry; geomicrobiology; geochemistry; deep carbon; carbon minerals; high temperature high pressure; volcanism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since its inception, the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) has coalesced a multidisciplinary and international group of researchers focused on understanding and quantifying Earth's deep carbon budget. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe, and understanding carbon chemistry und...