Melts+Fluids in the Mantle *Silicate Melts *Hydrous Fluids *CO2 vapor (also CH4-rich vapor?) *Carbonatites *Halide Melts (brines) *Sulfide/oxysulfide melts *Metallic melts (?) *Carbide melts
Anderson+Neumann, 2001 CO2 inclusions in olivine
Up to 28% Cl Klein Ben-David et al Klemme, 2004 Brines or Halide Melts
(Fe,Ni,Cu)S Bockrath et al sulfide-oxide eutectic Urakawa et al. 1987
Lord et al Dasgupta+Hirschmann, in press
Shen and Keppler, 1997
Dasgupta et al Example of carbonatite-silicate immiscibility Partial melting of carbonate eclogite at 3 GPa
Partial melts of carbonated peridotite Dasgupta et al. 2007
Hoink+Lenardic, 2008 Priestly and McKenzie, 2006
Gaillard et al., Science 2008 Evans et al High Electrical Conductivity in the LVZ: best explained by carbonatite?
ΔT = 220 °
Hirose and Kawamoto 1995, Hirose 1997, Kawamoto and Holloway 1997, Gaetani and Grove 1998, Hall 1999
Experimental determination of enhanced peridotite melting owing to CO 2. Dasgupta et al. 2007
Parameterization of Enhanced Silicate Melting as a function of Melt CO 2 content Dasgupta et al. (2007) ΔTΔT XXX
The LVZ IS above the solidus of carbonated peridotite Dasgupta+ Hirschmann, 2006
Hirschmann et al Aubaud et al. (2004, 2008), Hauri et al. (2006), Tenner et al. (2009). Sub-solidus Pyroxene Al 2 O 3 Al 3+ + H + → Si 4+ Abundances along a ridge adiabat
CO 2 has a smaller freezing- point effect than H 2 O… …but is much more enriched in near-solidus melts
Priestly+McKenzie, 2006Ritzwoller et al. 2004
Gaillard et al., Science 2008 Evans et al High Electrical Conductivity in the LVZ: best explained by carbonatite?
Compaction time calculated after McKenzie (1984) Bulk viscosity 1 10^19 Pa s Melt viscosity 1 Pa s; Matrix density 3350 kg/m^3 Compaction time for 100 km thick partially molten region for silicate or carbonatite partial melts
Kawakatsu et al. Science % decrease in S wave velocity 3.5-4% Melt OR % melt concentrated in layers
Hydrous Wadsleyite (Fe,Mg) 7 Si 4 O 14 (OH) 2
Wadsleyite stable Olivine Stable 410 km Bercovici and Karato, Transition zone water filter hypothesis
Hirschmann et al 2005 peridotite H 2 O storage capacity
MORB Source Bulk H 2 O: ppm OIB source & subduction zone bulk H 2 O: ppm
Withers and Hirschmann, 2008
10-13 GPa experiments ºC
Irifune & Isshiki 1998, Stixrude & Lithgow- Bertelloni 2005; 2007 Ridge Adiabat
100 µm GPa, °C. n = 6 Olivine Opx
Gt From Withers et al & Mookherjee and Karato, GPa, 1100 ° C