Phase transitions in pyrolite and MORB at lowermost mantle conditions: Implications for a MORB-rich pile above the core mantle boundary

Details Phase transitions in pyrolite and MORB at lowermost mantle conditions: Implications for a MORB-rich pile above the core mantle boundary Phase transitions in pyrolite and MORB at lowermost mantle conditions: Implications for a MORB-rich pile above the core mantle boundary

Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008e%26psl.267..107o&link_type=abstract

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 267, Issue 1-2, p. 107-117.

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Subduction of mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) gives rise to strong chemical heterogeneities in the Earth's mantle, possibly extending down to the core mantle boundary. Phase relations in both pyrolite and MORB compositions are precisely determined at high pressures and temperatures corresponding to lowermost mantle conditions. The results demonstrate that the post-perovskite phase transition occurs in pyrolite between 116 and 121 GPa at 2500 K, while post-perovskite and SiO2 phase transitions occur in MORB at ˜ 4 GPa lower pressure at the same temperature. Theory predicts that these phase changes in pyrolite and MORB cause shear wave velocity increase and decrease, respectively. Near the northern margin of the large low shear velocity province in the lowermost mantle beneath the Pacific, reflections from a negative shear velocity jump near 2520-km depth are followed by reflections from a positive velocity jump 135 to 155-km deeper. These negative and positive velocity changes are consistent with the expected phase transitions in a dense pile containing a mixture of MORB and pyrolitic material. This may be a direct demonstration of the presence of accumulations of subducted MORB crust in the deep mantle.

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