Pyroxene-garnet solid-solution equilibria in the systems Mg4Si4O12-Mg3Al2Si3O12 and Fe4Si4O12-Fe3Al2Si3O12 at high pressures and temperatures

Details Pyroxene-garnet solid-solution equilibria in the systems Mg4Si4O12-Mg3Al2Si3O12 and Fe4Si4O12-Fe3Al2Si3O12 at high pressures and temperatures Pyroxene-garnet solid-solution equilibria in the systems Mg4Si4O12-Mg3Al2Si3O12 and Fe4Si4O12-Fe3Al2Si3O12 at high pressures and temperatures

Sep 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977pepi...15...90a&link_type=abstract

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 15, Issue 1, p. 90-106.

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Pyroxene-garnet solid-solution equilibria have been studied in the pressure range 41-200 kbar and over the temperature range 850-1,450°C for the system Mg4Si4O12-Mg3Al2Si3O12, and in the pressure range 30-105 kbar and over the temperature range 1,000-1,300°C for the system Fe4Si4O12-Fe3Al2Si3O12. At 1,000°C, the solid solubility of enstatite (MgSiO3) in pyrope (Mg3Al2Si3O12) increases gradually to 140 kbar and then increases suddenly in the pressure range 140-175 kbar, resulting in the formation of a homogeneous garnet with composition Mg3(Al0.8Mg0.6Si0.6)Si3O12. In the MgSiO3-rich field, the three-phase assemblage of β- or γ-Mg2SiO4, stishovite and a garnet solid solution is stable at pressures above 175 kbar at 1,000°C. The system Fe4Si4O12-Fe3Al2Si3O12 shows a similar trend of high-pressure transformations: the maximum solubility of ferrosilite (FeSiO3) in almandine (Fe3Al2Si3O12) forming a homogeneous garnet solid solution is 40 mol% at 93 kbar and 1,000°C. If a pyrolite mantle is assumed, from the present results, the following transformation scheme is suggested for the pyroxene-garnet assemblage in the mantle. Pyroxenes begin to react with the already present pyrope-rich garnet at depths around 150 km. Although the pyroxene-garnet transformation is spread over more than 400 km in depth, the most effective transition to a complex garnet solid solution takes place at depths between 450 and 540 km. The complex garnet solid solution is expected to be stable at depths between 540 and 590 km. At greater depths, it will decompose to a mixture of modified spinel or spinel, stishovite and garnet solid solutions with smaller amounts of a pyroxene component in solution. Address: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106, Japan.

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