Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007e%26psl.262..543b&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 262, Issue 3-4, p. 543-551.
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We use a combination of nanometer-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) and analytical transmission electron microscopy (ATEM) for chemical imaging of material transformed in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell (LH-DAC), in the pressure and temperature range of Earth's lower mantle. MORB (mid-ocean ridge basalt), one of the components of subducted oceanic lithosphere, was transformed to an assemblage of Mg-perovskite, Ca-perovskite, stishovite and a calcium ferrite-structure phase at 55 GPa and 2100 °C in an LH-DAC. Elemental imaging spanning the entire range of concentrations, from major elements such as silicon (49.5 wt.% SiO2) to trace elements such as strontium (118 ppm), scandium, and yttrium (both at 40 ppm) was obtained with a Cameca NanoSIMS 50. We observe a preferential partitioning of scandium, yttrium and strontium in the calcium silicate perovskite phase, and we compare this to recently measured solid liquid partition coefficients and fractionation at lower pressures. This type of measurement demonstrates that even the most complex mineral assemblages can be probed using this combination of techniques and opens new pathways towards the characterization and quantification of geochemical interactions and processes occurring in the deep Earth.
Badro James
Fallon Stewart J.
Hutcheon Ian D.
Ricolleau Angele
Ryerson Frederick J.
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