Melting of enstatite from 13 to 18 GPa under hydrous conditions

Details Melting of enstatite from 13 to 18 GPa under hydrous conditions Melting of enstatite from 13 to 18 GPa under hydrous conditions

Oct 2004

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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 147, Issue 1, p. 45-56.

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Experiments on MgSiO3 enstatite were conducted in the pressure range from 13 to 18GPa under hydrous conditions in order to clarify the effect of water on the melting phase relations of enstatite at pressures corresponding to the Earth's mantle transition zone. In some previous experiments [Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 79 (1968) 1685; Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 85 (1994) 237], incongruent melting behavior to form Mg2SiO4 forsterite and SiO2 enriched liquid up to 5GPa was observed, and congruent melting behavior at pressures up to 12GPa was observed. Under hydrous conditions, we found that the melting reaction changes from congruent to incongruent at around 13.5GPa. Liquid formed above 13.5GPa is enriched in MgO component relative to MgSiO3 because it coexists with stishovite (SiO2). Moreover, the solidus temperature decreases drastically at around 13.5GPa, in unison with the change in the melting reaction. The solidus temperature is about 1400°C at 13GPa, but approximately 900°C at 15GPa. Our results show that the liquidus phase changes from clinoenstatite to stishovite with increasing pressure and water content above 13.5GPa. MgSiO3 enstatite is one of the major constituent minerals in the Earth's mantle, and it is expected that MgO-enriched liquid will be generated in the transition zone if water is present.

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