Hydrous SiO2 in subducted oceanic crust and H2O transport to the core-mantle boundary

Lin, Yanhao; Hu, Qingyang; Walter, Michael J.; Yang, Jing; Meng, Yue; Feng, Xiaolei; Zhuang, Yukai; Cohen, R. E.; Mao, Ho-Kwang

doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117708

Hydrous SiO₂ in subducted oceanic crust and H₂O transport to the core-mantle boundary

Journal Article · Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Earth and Planetary Science Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117708· OSTI ID:1909667

Lin, Yanhao ^[1]; Hu, Qingyang ^[2]; Walter, Michael J. ^[3]; Yang, Jing ^[3]; Meng, Yue ^[4]; Feng, Xiaolei ^[5]; Zhuang, Yukai ^[2]; Cohen, R. E. ^[3]; Mao, Ho-Kwang ^[2]

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing (China); Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC (United States); Vrije Univ., Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing (China)
Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC (United States)
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing (China); Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Subduction of oceanic lithosphere transports surface H₂O into the mantle. Recent studies show that dense SiO₂ in the form of stishovite, an abundant mineral in subducted oceanic crust at depths greater than ~270 km, has the potential to host and transport a considerable amount of H₂O into the lower mantle, but the H₂O storage capacity of SiO₂ phases at high pressure and temperature remains uncertain. We investigate the hydration of stishovite and its higher-pressure polymorphs, β-stishovite and seifertite, with in situ X-ray diffraction experiments at high pressures and temperatures. The H₂O contents in SiO₂ phases are quantified based on observed increases in unit cell volume relative to the anhydrous SiO₂ system. Density functional theory (DFT) computations permit calibration of water content as a function of volume change based on interstitial substitution of H₂O. Regression of our experimental data indicates an H₂O storage capacity in stishovite of ~3.5 wt% in the transition zone and shallow lower mantle, decreasing to about 0.8 wt% at the base of the mantle. We find that SiO₂-bearing subducted oceanic crust can accommodate all the H₂O in slab lithosphere that survives sub-arc dehydration. Hydration of silica phases in subducted oceanic crust and their unparalleled capacity to host significant amounts of H₂O even at high mantle temperatures provides a unique mechanism for transport and storage of water in the deepest mantle.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: Carnegie Institution for Science; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); The Dutch Research Council (NWO); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1909667

Journal Information:: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal Name: Earth and Planetary Science Letters Vol. 594; ISSN 0012-821X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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