The Network was approved by the ESF Network Group in May 2000 for a three-year period.
The Chairman was Dr. Adrian P. Jones from University College of London.

The Network focuses on: mantle carbon; carbonatite; commercial exploitation of carbonatite deposits; newly discovered carbonatite rocks; materials that carry mantle carbon through the crust to surface; location and timing of carbon transfer from mantle to crust.

The dossier contains correspondence on the establishment and management of the Network: proposal, research assessment, general correspondence, final report.
It also contains correspondence and documents on: first Coordination Committee meeting, held in Strasbourg, on 6 Nov 2000; Kaiserstuhl carbonatite workshop, held on 6-8 April 2001; Coordination Committee meeting, held in Strasbourg, on 10 April 2001; Finland workshop on "Formation, exploration and exploitation of economic deposits associated with mantle carbon", held on 14-17 Sep 2001; Coordination Committee meeting and third workshop, held in Chieti, on 7-10 June 2002; fourth workshop, held in Canary Islands, on 16-21 Sep 2003.

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