Sound velocity and compressibility of melts along the hedenbergite (CaFeSi2O6)-diopside (CaMgSi2O6) join at high pressure : Implications for stability and seismic signature of Fe-rich melts in the mantle

Xu, Man; Jing, Zhicheng; Van Orman, James A.; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin; Alp, E. Ercan; Lavina, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117250

Sound velocity and compressibility of melts along the hedenbergite (CaFeSi2O6)-diopside (CaMgSi2O6) join at high pressure : Implications for stability and seismic signature of Fe-rich melts in the mantle

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2022 · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117250· OSTI ID:1868982

Xu, Man; Jing, Zhicheng; Van Orman, James A.; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin; Alp, E. Ercan; Lavina, Barbara

Iron-rich silicate melts play an important role in the magmatic history of the Earth and the 16 Moon. However, their elastic properties at high pressures, especially the sound velocity, are poorly 17 understood. Here we determined the ultrasonic sound velocity for the first time of a hedenbergite 18 (Hd, CaFeSi2O6) melt and a melt mixture of 50 mol% hedenbergite + 50 mol% diopside (Hd50Di50) 19 at high pressure and temperature conditions up to 6 GPa and 2329 K, using high-pressure ultrasonic 20 technique combined with synchrotron radiation in a multi-anvil apparatus. Our results show that 21 Fe can significantly reduce the sound velocity while increase the density of silicate melts. 22 Comparing the Di, Hd, and Hd50Di50 melts, we find that the sound velocity does not mix linearly 23 2 for melts in the Hd-Di join, whereas the density for Hd-Di melts at high pressures can be well-24 described by linear mixing. Combined with melt geometry and melt compaction models, we 25 applied our results to study the stability and seismic signature of Fe-rich silicate melts in the Earth’s 26 upper mantle. For the low-velocity zone (LVZ) in mantle asthenosphere, although the degree of 27 seismic velocity reduction can be explained by the presence of a small amount of partial melt 28 distributed in film/band geometry along grain boundaries, Fe-rich melts formed at this depth are 29 unlikely to be gravitationally stable, but may be dynamically unextractable if the melt supply is 30 continuous. For the low-velocity layer (LVL) above the mantle transition zone, the presence of Fe-31 rich melts (with FeO>~10 wt%) distributed in textural equilibrium with the ambient mantle is a 32 plausible explanation.

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences - Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Science - Office of Basic Energy Sciences

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1868982

Journal Information:: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal Name: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Vol. 577; ISSN 0012-821X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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