Incipient carbonate melting drives metal and sulfur mobilization in the mantle

Ezad, Isra S.; Saunders, Martin; Shcheka, Svyatoslav S.; Fiorentini, Marco L.; Gorojovsky, Lauren R.; Förster, Michael W.; Foley, Stephen F.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.adk5979

Title: Incipient carbonate melting drives metal and sulfur mobilization in the mantle

Journal Article · 22 March 2024 · Science Advances

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk5979 · OSTI ID:2470174

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Macquarie Univ., NSW (Australia)
Univ. of Western Australia, Perth, WA (Australia)
Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
Macquarie Univ., NSW (Australia); Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)

We present results from high-pressure, high-temperature experiments that generate incipient carbonate melts at mantle conditions (~90 kilometers depth and temperatures between 750° and 1050°C). We show that these primitive carbonate melts can sequester sulfur in its oxidized form of sulfate, as well as base and precious metals from mantle lithologies of peridotite and pyroxenite. It is proposed that these carbonate sulfur–rich melts may be more widespread than previously thought and that they may play a first-order role in the metallogenic enhancement of localized lithospheric domains. They act as effective agents to dissolve, redistribute, and concentrate metals within discrete domains of the mantle and into shallower regions within Earth, where dynamic physicochemical processes can lead to ore genesis at various crustal depths.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: Australian Research Council (ARC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2470174

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Journal Name: Science Advances Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 10; ISSN 2375-2548

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