The influence of olivine metastability on deep subduction of oceanic lithosphere

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Jun 2000

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Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 120, Issue 1-2, p. 29-38.

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The dynamics of subduction of oceanic lithosphere is mainly controlled by thermal buoyancy forces and mineralogy. In self-consistent models, the influence of metastable olivine (MO) on the dynamics and evolution of subducting oceanic lithosphere is investigated. We consider both phase boundaries - olivine (Ol) to spinel (Sp) (410 km) and Sp to perovskite (Pv)+magnesiowüstite (Mw) (660 km) - treating the kinetics of the phase transition in a simplified way. While models do not allow the formation of MO penetrate straight into the lower mantle, slabs with a sufficient amount of MO flatten out at the 660-km boundary before penetrating at a later stage. Furthermore, our models show that the effect of MO to slow down subduction velocities within the transition zone is rather moderate.

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