Geobarometry for Mantle Eclogites: Solubility Of Ca-Tschermaks in Clinopyroxene |
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| Abstract: | A garnet-clinopyroxene barometer is proposed for mantle eclogites on the basis of the Ca-Tscher-mack (CaTs) solubility in clinopyroxene coexisting with garnet. This barometer permits estimation of P-T conditions for garnet-clinopyroxene equilibration in the range 650°C ≤ T ≤ 1700°C and 20 ≤ P ≤ 70 kbar, with a total uncertainty of 19%. This model is applicable to pyroxenes that are sodium rich (i.e., have high jadeite contents). Application of this barometer results in high P-T estimates for Monastery and Argyle diamond inclusions. Estimates also are lower for the host Yakutian eclogites than for the diamonds included in them. This suggests differences in re-equilibration between the diamond inclusions and their host xenoliths. The results suggest that eclogite equilibration in the mantle occurs at depths from 60 to 230 km, characterized by two main types of geothermal gradients, lying close to established peridotite geotherms (Boyd, 1973). |
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