Anomalous density and elastic properties of basalt at high pressure: Reevaluating of the effect of melt fraction on seismic velocity in the Earth's crust and upper mantle
Abstract
Independent measurements of the volumetric and elastic properties of Columbia River basalt glass were made up to 5.5 GPa by high-pressure X-ray microtomography and GHz-ultrasonic interferometry, respectively. The Columbia River basalt displays P and S wave velocity minima at 4.5 and 5 GPa, respectively, violating Birch’s law. These data constrain the pressure dependence of the density and elastic moduli at high pressure, which cannot be modeled through usual equations of state nor determined by stepwise integrating the bulk sound velocity as is common practice. We propose a systematic variation in compression behavior of silicate glasses that is dependent on the degree of polymerization and arises from the flexibility of the aluminosilicate network. Likewise, this behavior likely persists into the liquid state for basaltic melts resulting in weak pressure dependence for P wave velocities perhaps to depths of the transition zone. By modeling the effect of partial melt on P wave velocity reductions it is suggested that melt fraction determined by seismic velocity variations may be significantly overestimated in the crust and upper mantle.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France). Inst. of Mineralogy, Physics of Materials and Cosmo-chemistry
- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Aarhus Univ. (Denmark). Dept. of Geoscience
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Center for Advanced Radiation Sources
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab.
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1379194
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002006; FG02-94ER14466; AC02-06CH11357; EAR-1215714; EAR-1452344; EAR-1214376; EAR-1128799
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES
Citation Formats
Clark, Alisha N., Lesher, Charles E., Jacobsen, Steven D., and Wang, Yanbin. Anomalous density and elastic properties of basalt at high pressure: Reevaluating of the effect of melt fraction on seismic velocity in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/2016JB012973.
Clark, Alisha N., Lesher, Charles E., Jacobsen, Steven D., & Wang, Yanbin. Anomalous density and elastic properties of basalt at high pressure: Reevaluating of the effect of melt fraction on seismic velocity in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB012973
Clark, Alisha N., Lesher, Charles E., Jacobsen, Steven D., and Wang, Yanbin. Mon .
"Anomalous density and elastic properties of basalt at high pressure: Reevaluating of the effect of melt fraction on seismic velocity in the Earth's crust and upper mantle". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB012973. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1379194.
@article{osti_1379194,
title = {Anomalous density and elastic properties of basalt at high pressure: Reevaluating of the effect of melt fraction on seismic velocity in the Earth's crust and upper mantle},
author = {Clark, Alisha N. and Lesher, Charles E. and Jacobsen, Steven D. and Wang, Yanbin},
abstractNote = {Independent measurements of the volumetric and elastic properties of Columbia River basalt glass were made up to 5.5 GPa by high-pressure X-ray microtomography and GHz-ultrasonic interferometry, respectively. The Columbia River basalt displays P and S wave velocity minima at 4.5 and 5 GPa, respectively, violating Birch’s law. These data constrain the pressure dependence of the density and elastic moduli at high pressure, which cannot be modeled through usual equations of state nor determined by stepwise integrating the bulk sound velocity as is common practice. We propose a systematic variation in compression behavior of silicate glasses that is dependent on the degree of polymerization and arises from the flexibility of the aluminosilicate network. Likewise, this behavior likely persists into the liquid state for basaltic melts resulting in weak pressure dependence for P wave velocities perhaps to depths of the transition zone. By modeling the effect of partial melt on P wave velocity reductions it is suggested that melt fraction determined by seismic velocity variations may be significantly overestimated in the crust and upper mantle.},
doi = {10.1002/2016JB012973},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth},
number = 6,
volume = 121,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Jun 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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