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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth Année : 2010

Phase relations and equation of state of a natural MORB: Implications for the density profile of subducted oceanic crust in the Earth's lower mantle

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The phase relations and density of a natural mid‐ocean ridge basalt (MORB) were investigated from 28 to 89 GPa and 1600 to 2700 K by in situ X‐ray diffraction measurements and chemical analysis of the quenched samples using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). We observed an assemblage of five phases up to 50 GPa, namely an aluminum‐bearing magnesium perovskite phase, a calcium perovskite phase, a stishovite phase, the new aluminum‐rich (NAL) phase, and a calcium ferrite‐type phase. The NAL phase was no longer observed above 50 GPa. The phase proportions were obtained by Rietveld refinement of the in situ X‐ray diffraction patterns. After the disappearance of the NAL phase beyond 50 GPa, the proportion of each phase remains constant up to 89 GPa. The density of MORB was calculated using the measured volumes, phase proportions, and chemical compositions of the coexisting phases. The thermoelastic parameters of the MORB sample were estimated from the fit of the measured densities at various pressure and temperature conditions. Resulting MORB density profiles were calculated for different subducting slab temperature profiles. MORB densities are 0.5% to 2% greater than those of the surrounding mantle over the entire lower mantle range, suggesting MORB likely subducts to the core-mantle boundary
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Angèle Ricolleau, Jean‐philippe Perrillat, Guillaume Fiquet, Isabelle Daniel, Jan Matas, et al.. Phase relations and equation of state of a natural MORB: Implications for the density profile of subducted oceanic crust in the Earth's lower mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research : Solid Earth, 2010, 115, pp.B08202. ⟨10.1029/2009JB006709⟩. ⟨hal-00613945⟩
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