The influence of Cr on the garnet-spinel transition in the Earth's mantle: Experiments in the system MgO-Cr2O3-SiO2 and thermodynamic modelling

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 639-646

  Klemme, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromium; Experimental petrology; Garnet lherzolite; Garnet spinel transition; MgO Al2O3 Cr2 O3 SiO2; MgO Cr2O3 SiO2; Spinel lherzolite

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GARNET; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 14944386213     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Allègre C.J. Hamelin B. Dupré B. Statistical analysis of isotopic ratios in MORB: The mantle blob cluster model and the convective regime of the mantle Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 71 1984 71-84
2. Asimov P.D. Hirschmann M.M. Ghiorso M.S. O'Hara M.J. Stolper E.M. The effect of pressure induced solid-solid phase transitions on decompression melting of the mantle Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 59 1995 4489-4506
3. 3 system: I. Composition and molar volumes of minerals Eur. J. Mineral 11 1999 599-617
4. 3 isopleths of enstatite in the spinel field Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 66 1978 189-201
5. 3 system Russ. Geol. Geophys 38 1997 559-586
6. Falloon T.J. Green D.H. Anhydrous partial melting of peridotite from 8 to 35 kb and the petrogenesis of MORB J. Petrol 1988 379-414 (Special Lithosphere Issue)
7. 2 Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 85 1984 186-196
8. 3 system: II. Thermodynamic analysis Eur. J. Mineral 11 1999 619-636
9. 3 revisited: Reanalysis of Doroshev et al.'s (1977) experiments and new experiments Eur. J. Mineral 15 2003 953-964
10. Green D.H. Ringwood A.E. The stability field of aluminous pyroxene peridotite and garnet peridotite and their relevance in upper mantle structure Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 3 1967 151-160
11. Griffin W.L. et al. The Siberian SCLM Traverse: Composition, structure and thermal state of the lithospheric mantle beneath the Siberian kimberlite province Tectonophysics 310 1999 1-35
12. Hales A.L. A seismic discontinuity in the lithosphere Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 7 1969 44-46
13. Hirschmann M.M. Stolper E.M. A possible role for garnet pyroxenite in the origin of the "garnet signature" in MORB Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 124 1996 185-208
14. 2 J. Metamorph. Geol 8 1990 89-124
15. 12 at high pressure and its implication to the occurrence of Cr-rich pyrope in the upper mantle Phys. Earth Inter 27 1982 263-272
16. Ito E. Takahashi E. Ultrahigh-pressure phase transformations and the constitution of the deep mantle In: Manghnani M.H. Syono Y. (Eds.) High Pressure Research In Mineral Physics 1987 221-230 Terra Scientific Publishing Tokyo
17. Klemme, S., 1998. Experimental and Thermodynamic Studies of Upper Mantle Phase Relations. PhD thesis, Australian National University, Canberra
18. 4) Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 130 1997 59-65
19. Klemme S. O'Neill H.S.C. The effect of Cr on the solubility of Al in orthopyroxene: Experiments and thermodynamic modelling Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 140 2000 84-98
20. Klemme S. O'Neill H.S.C. The near-solidus transition from garnet lherzolite to spinel lherzolite Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 138 2000 237-248
21. 4) based on adiabatic calorimetry at low temperatures Phys. Chem. Miner 29 2002 663-667
22. 3 at low temperatures and derived thermodynamic properties Am. Mineral 85 2000 1686-1693
23. Kopylova M.G. Russell J.K. Cookenboo H. Petrology of peridotite and pyroxenite xenoliths from the Jericho kimberlite: Implications for the thermal state of the mantle beneath the Slave craton, Northern Canada J. Petrol 40 1999 79-104
24. LaTourette T.K. Kennedy A.K. Wasserburg G.J. Thorium-uranium fractionation by garnet: Evidence for a deep source and rapid rise of oceanic basalts Science 261 1993 739-742
25. 2-Cr-O in equilibrium with metallic Cr, and their significance for the petrochemistry of chromium J. Petrol 36 1995 107-132
26. Liang Y. Elthon D. Evidence from chromium abundances in mantle rocks for extraction of picrite and komatiite melts Nature 343 1990 551-553
27. Liu L. The system enstatite-pyrope at high pressures and temperatures and the mineralogy of the Earth's mantle Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 36 1977 237-245
28. Longhi J. Some phase equilibrium systematics of lherzolite melting: I Geochem. Geophys. Geosys 3 3 2002 1020
29. 2 Year b.-Carnegie Inst. Wash 64 1965 126-134
30. 3 on the stability of spinel and garnet peridotites Phys. Earth Planet. Inter 3 1970 372-377
31. 3 (SMACCR) and their bearing on spinel/garnet lherzolite relationships N. Jahrb. Mineral. Abh 155 1986 259-287
32. O'Hara M.J. Richardson S.W. Wilson G. Garnet-peridotite stability and occurrence in crust and mantle Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 32 1971 48-68
33. O'Neill H.S.C. The transition between spinel lherzolite and garnet lherzolite, and its use as a geobarometer Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 77 1981 185-194
34. Oka Y. Steinke P. Chatterjee N.D. Thermodynamic mixing properties of Mg(Al,Cr)2O4 spinel crystalline solutions at high pressures and temperatures Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 87 1984 196-204
35. Ringwood A.E. The pyroxene garnet transformation in the Earth's mantle Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 2 1967 255-263
36. Ringwood A.E. Synthesis of pyrope-knorringite solid-solution series Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 36 1977 443-448
37. Ringwood A.E. Major A. Synthesis of majorite and other high-pressure garnets and perovskites Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 12 1971 411-441
38. Robie R.A. Hemingway B.S. Fisher J.R. Thermodynamic properties of minerals and related substances at 298.15 K and 1 bar (1e5 Pa) pressures and at higher temperatures U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull 1452 1979 1-456
39. Robinson J.A.C. Wood B.J. The depth of the garnet/spinel transition in fractionally melting peridotite Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 164 1998 277-284
40. Russell J.K. Kopylova M.G. A steady state conductive geotherm for the north central Slave, Canada: Inversion of petrological data from the Jericho Kimberlite pipe J. Geophys. Res 104 1999 7089-7101
41. Salters V.J.M. Hart S.R. The hafnium paradox and the role of garnet in the source of mid-ocean-ridge basalts Nature 342 1989 420-422
42. Schreiber H.D. Haskin L.A. Chromium in basalts: Experimental determination of redox states and partitioning among silicate phases, 7th Lunar Science Conference Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, Suppl 1976 1221-1259
43. Seifert S. Ringwood A.E. The lunar geochemistry of chromium and vanadium Earth Moon, Planets 40 1988 45-70
44. Shen Y. Forsyth D.W. Geochemical constraints on initial and final depths of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges J. Geophys. Res 100 1995 2211-2237
45. Stachel T. Harris J.W. Syngenetic inclusions in diamond from the Birim field (Ghana) - a deep peridotitic profile with a history of depletion and re-enrichment Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 127 1997 336-352
46. Stachel T. Viljoen K.S. Brey G.P. Harris J.W. Metasomatic processes in herzolitic and harzburgitic domains of diamondiferous lithospheric mantle - REE in garnets from xenoliths and inclusions in diamonds Earth Planet. Sci. Lett 159 1998 1-12
47. Stachel T. Harris J.W. Brey G.P. Joswig W. Kankan diamonds (Guinea): II. Lower mantle inclusion parageneses Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 140 2000 16-27
48. 3 system at high temperatures and pressures [in Russian] Silicate Systems Under High Pressure 1983 5 Novosibirsk
49. 2 revisited: an in situ X-ray study Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66 2002 2109-2121
50. Webb S.A.C. Wood B.J. Spinel-pyroxene-garnet relationships and their dependence on Cr/Al ratio Contrib. Mineral. Petrol 92 1986 471-480
51. 3 on the relationships between spinel- and garnet-peridotites In: MacKenzie W.S. (Ed.) Progress in Experimental Petrology 1978 78-80 Natural Enviroment Research Council Manchester
52. Wood D.A. A variably veined suboceanic upper mantle-genetic significance for mid-ocean ridge basalts from geochemical evidence Geology 7 1979 499-503
53. Wood B.J. Kleppa O.J. Chromium and aluminum mixing in garnet: a thermochemical study Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 48 1984 1373-1375