Effect of water on olivine-wadsleyite phase boundary in the (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 system

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Mineralogy, Petrology, And Mineral Physics: Experimental Mineralogy And Petrology, And Mineral Physics: Minor And Trace Element Composition, Mineral Physics: High-Pressure Behavior, Mineral Physics: Physical Thermodynamics, Geochemistry: Composition Of The Mantle

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The phase boundary between San Carlos olivine and its high pressure phase, wadsleyite, have been studied comparatively in dry and water saturated condition. By comparing saturated and dry samples from the same experimental run, we determine that both boundaries of the two-phase coexisting loop shift towards lower pressure or lower iron content, and the pressure width of the loop decreases to 0.3 GPa under saturated conditions at 1473 K. Thus, the presence of water in the Earth's mantle will sharpen the 410-kilometer seismic discontinuity, shallow the depth of the discontinuity, and reduce the velocity jump across the discontinuity.

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