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Title: Dehydrogenation of goethite in Earth’s deep lower mantle

Abstract

The cycling of hydrogen influences the structure, composition, and stratification of Earth’s interior. Our recent discovery of pyrite-structured iron peroxide (designated as the P phase) and the formation of the P phase from dehydrogenation of goethite FeO2H implies the separation of the oxygen and hydrogen cycles in the deep lower mantle beneath 1,800 km. Here we further characterize the residual hydrogen, x, in the P-phase FeO2Hx. Using a combination of theoretical simulations and high-pressure–temperature experiments, we calibrated the x dependence of molar volume of the P phase. Within the current range of experimental conditions, we observed a compositional range of P phase of 0.39 < x < 0.81, corresponding to 19–61% dehydrogenation. Increasing temperature and heating time will help release hydrogen and lower x, suggesting that dehydrogenation could be approaching completion at the high-temperature conditions of the lower mantle over extended geological time. Our observations indicate a fundamental change in the mode of hydrogen release from dehydration in the upper mantle to dehydrogenation in the deep lower mantle, thus differentiating the deep hydrogen and hydrous cycles.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [3];  [5]
  1. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China,, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305,, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC 20015,
  2. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China,
  3. Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305,
  4. High Pressure Collaborative Access Team, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Argonne, IL 60439,
  5. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai 201203, People’s Republic of China,, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC 20015,
  6. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1341909
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1344573
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-99ER45775; NA0001974
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats

Hu, Qingyang, Kim, Duck Young, Liu, Jin, Meng, Yue, Yang, Liuxiang, Zhang, Dongzhou, Mao, Wendy L., and Mao, Ho-kwang. Dehydrogenation of goethite in Earth’s deep lower mantle. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1620644114.
Hu, Qingyang, Kim, Duck Young, Liu, Jin, Meng, Yue, Yang, Liuxiang, Zhang, Dongzhou, Mao, Wendy L., & Mao, Ho-kwang. Dehydrogenation of goethite in Earth’s deep lower mantle. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620644114
Hu, Qingyang, Kim, Duck Young, Liu, Jin, Meng, Yue, Yang, Liuxiang, Zhang, Dongzhou, Mao, Wendy L., and Mao, Ho-kwang. 2017. "Dehydrogenation of goethite in Earth’s deep lower mantle". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620644114.
@article{osti_1341909,
title = {Dehydrogenation of goethite in Earth’s deep lower mantle},
author = {Hu, Qingyang and Kim, Duck Young and Liu, Jin and Meng, Yue and Yang, Liuxiang and Zhang, Dongzhou and Mao, Wendy L. and Mao, Ho-kwang},
abstractNote = {The cycling of hydrogen influences the structure, composition, and stratification of Earth’s interior. Our recent discovery of pyrite-structured iron peroxide (designated as the P phase) and the formation of the P phase from dehydrogenation of goethite FeO2H implies the separation of the oxygen and hydrogen cycles in the deep lower mantle beneath 1,800 km. Here we further characterize the residual hydrogen, x, in the P-phase FeO2Hx. Using a combination of theoretical simulations and high-pressure–temperature experiments, we calibrated the x dependence of molar volume of the P phase. Within the current range of experimental conditions, we observed a compositional range of P phase of 0.39 < x < 0.81, corresponding to 19–61% dehydrogenation. Increasing temperature and heating time will help release hydrogen and lower x, suggesting that dehydrogenation could be approaching completion at the high-temperature conditions of the lower mantle over extended geological time. Our observations indicate a fundamental change in the mode of hydrogen release from dehydration in the upper mantle to dehydrogenation in the deep lower mantle, thus differentiating the deep hydrogen and hydrous cycles.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1620644114},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1341909}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
issn = {0027-8424},
number = 7,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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