Oxygen isotope fractionation in mantle minerals |
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| Authors: | Yongfei Zheng Chunsheng Wei Gentao Zhou Baolong Xu |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, China |
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| Abstract: | The increment method is adopted to calculate oxygen isotope fractionation factors for mantle minerals, particularly for the
polymorphic phases of MgSiO3 and Mg2SiO4. The results predict the following sequence of18O-enrichment:pyroxene (Mg, Fe, Ca)2Si2O6>olivine (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 > spinel (Mg, Fe)2SiO4> ilmenite (Mg, Fe, Ca) SiO3>perovskite (Mg, Fe, Ca) SiO3. The calculated fractionations for the calcite-perovskite (CaTiO3) System are in excellent agreement with the experimental calibrations. If there would be complete isotopic equilibration
in the mantle, the spinel-structured silicates in the transition zone are predicted to be enriched in18O relative to the perovskite-structured silicates in the lower mantle but depleted in18O relative to olivines and pyroxenes in the upper mantle. The oxygen isotope layering of the mantle might result from differences
in the chemical composition and crystal structure of mineral phases at different mantle depths. Assuming isotopic equilibrium
on a whole earth scale, the chemical structure of the Earth’s interior can be described by the following sequence of18O-enrichment:upper crust>lower crust>upper mantle>transition zone>lower mantle>core.
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
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| Keywords: | oxygen isotope fractionation geochemical layering Earth’ s interior mantle minerals MgSiO3 Mg2SiO4 |
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