A modified iterative sandwich method for determination of near-solidus partial melt compositions. II. Application to determination of near-solidus melt compositions of carbonated peridotite |
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| Authors: | Rajdeep Dasgupta Marc M Hirschmann |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA;(2) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA |
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| Abstract: | We performed modified iterative sandwich experiments (MISE) to determine the composition of carbonatitic melt generated near
the solidus of natural, fertile peridotite + CO2 at 1,200–1,245°C and 6.6 GPa. Six iterations were performed with natural peridotite (MixKLB-1: Mg# = 89.7) and ∼10 wt% added
carbonate to achieve the equilibrium carbonatite composition. Compositions of melts and coexisting minerals converged to a
constant composition after the fourth iteration, with the silicate mineral compositions matching those expected at the solidus
of carbonated peridotite at 6.6 GPa and 1,230°C, as determined from a sub-solidus experiment with MixKLB-1 peridotite. Partial
melts expected from a carbonated lherzolite at a melt fraction of 0.01–0.05% at 6.6 GPa have the composition of sodic iron-bearing
dolomitic carbonatite, with molar Ca/(Ca + Mg) of 0.413 ± 0.001, Ca# 100 × molar Ca/(Ca + Mg + Fe*)] of 37.1 ± 0.1, and Mg#
of 83.7 ± 0.6. SiO2, TiO2 and Al2O3 concentrations are 4.1 ± 0.1, 1.0 ± 0.1, and 0.30 ± 0.02 wt%, whereas the Na2O concentration is 4.0 ± 0.2 wt%. Comparison of our results with other iterative sandwich experiments at lower pressures indicate
that near-solidus carbonatite derived from mantle lherzolite become less calcic with increasing pressure. Thus carbonatitic
melt percolating through the deep mantle must dissolve cpx from surrounding peridotite and precipitate opx. Significant FeO*
and Na2O concentrations in near solidus carbonatitic partial melt likely account for the ∼150°C lower solidus temperature of natural
carbonated peridotite compared to the solidus of synthetic peridotite in the system CMAS + CO2. The experiments demonstrate that the MISE method can determine the composition of partial melts at very low melt fraction
after a small number of iterations. |
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| Keywords: | Carbonatite Experimental petrology Iterative sandwich experiments Mantle peridotite Partial melting |
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