Towards a Li barometer for bimineralic eclogites: experiments in CMAS |
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| Authors: | Margaret Hanrahan Gerhard Brey Alan Woodland Rainer Altherr Hans-Micheal Seitz |
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| Institution: | 1.Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universit?t,Frankfurt/Main,Germany;2.Universit?t Heidelberg,Heidelberg,Germany |
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| Abstract: | An eclogite barometer has profound importance in the study of upper mantle processes and potential application to diamond
prospecting. Studies on the partitioning of Li between clinopyroxene (cpx) and garnet (grt) in natural samples have shown
that this particular element is very sensitive to changes in pressure and could be calibrated as the barometer demanded for
bimineralic eclogites. Experiments were performed from 4 to 13 GPa and 1,100–1,400°C in the CMAS (CaO, MgO, Al2O3, SiO2) system with Li added as Li3PO4 to quantify this pressure dependence into a barometer expressed in the following equation: P = (0.00255T – ln K
d)/0.2351 where P is in GPa, T is in °C and K
d is defined as the partition coefficient of Li (in ppm) between clinopyroxene and garnet. The experimental pressures are reproduced
to ±0.38 GPa (1σ) by this equation. This barometer is strictly applicable only to CMAS. Experiments at 1,300°C, 8–12 GPa showed
that Henry’s Law is fulfilled for Li partitioning between cpx and grt in the concentration range of approximately 0.01–1 wt%
Li. Direct application of the equation to experiments in natural systems performed at 1,300°C from 4 to 13 GPa consistently
overestimates pressures by approximately 2 GPa.
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| Keywords: | Lithium Barometer Eclogites Majoritic garnet Clinopyroxene CMAS |
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