Slab dehydration and fluid migration at the base of the upper mantle: Implications for deep earthquake mechanisms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1291-1304

  Richard, Guillaume ^a   Monnereau, Marc ^b   Rabinowicz, Michel ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Deep focus earthquake; Fluidsin rocks; Mantle convection; Melts egregation; Percolation; Phase transitions; Rock fracture; Seismicity; Subduction; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DEHYDRATION; DIKE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ENTRAINMENT; FLUID FLOW; MANTLE CONVECTION; PERMEABILITY; SEISMICITY; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33847796065     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03244.x     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Ahrens, T.J., 1989. Water storage in the mantle, Nature, 342, 122-123.
2. Angel, R.J., Frost, D.J., Ross, N.L. & Hemley, R., 2001. Stabilities and equations of state of dense hydrous magnesium silicates, Phys. Earth planet. Int., 127, 181-196.
3. Barcilon, V. & Richter, F.M., 1986. Non-linear waves in compacting media, J. Fluid. Mech., 164, 429-448.
4. Bell, D.R. & Rossman, G.R., 1992. Water in the Earth's mantle: The role of Nominally Anhydrous Minerals, Science, 255, 1391-1397.
5. Bercovici, D. & Karato, S.-I., 2003. Whole-mantle convection and the transition-zone water filter, Nature, 425, 39-43.
6. Bercovici, D. & Ricard, Y., 2003. Energetics of a two-phase model of lithospheric damage, shear localization and plate-boundary formation, Geophys. J. Int., 152, 581-596.
7. Bina, C.R., Stein, S., Marton, F.C. & Van Ark, E.M., 2001. Implications of slab mineralogy for subduction dynamics, Phys. Earth planet. Int., 127, 51-66.
8. Bolfan-Casanova, N., 2005. Water in the Earth's mantle, Min. Mag., 69 (3), 229-257.
9. Bolfan-Casanova, N., Keppler, H. & Rubie, D.C., 2003. Water partitioning at 660 km depth and evidence for very low water solubility in magnesium silicate perovskite, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, doi:.
10. Bonatti, E., 1990. Not so hot 'Hot Spots' in the oceanic mantle, Science, 250, 107-111.
11. Bureau, H., Keppler, H., 1999. Complete miscibility between silicate melts and hydrous fluids in the upper mantle: Experimental evidence and geochemical implications, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 165, 187-196.
12. Campbell, I.H. & Taylor, S.R., 1983. No water, no granites-no oceans, no continents. Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 1061-1064.
13. Connolly, J.A.D. & Podladchikov, Y.Y., 1998. Compaction-driven fluid flow in viscoelastic rock. Geodinamica Acta, 11, 55-84.
14. Estabrook, C.H., 2004. Seismic constraints on mechanisms of deep earthquake rupture, J. geophys. Res., 109, doi:.
15. Faul, U.H., 1997. Permeability of partially molten upper mantle rocks from experiments and percolation theory, J. geophys. Res., 102, 10299-10311.
16. Frohlich, C., 1989. The nature of deep-focus earthquakes, Annu. Rev. Earth planet. Sci., 17, 227-254.
17. Fumagalli, P. & Poli, S., 2005. Experimentally determined phase relations in hydrous peridotites to 6.5 GPa and their consequences on the dynamics of subduction zones, J. Petrol., 46, 555-578.
18. Goto, k., Hamaguchi, H., Suzuki, Z., 1985. Earthquake generating stresses in a descending slab, Tectonophysics, 112, 111-128.
19. Green, H. W. II. & Burnley, P.C., 1989. A new, self-organizing, mechanism for deep-focus earthquakes, Nature, 341, 733-737.
20. Green, H.W. II. & Houston, H., 1995. The mechanics of deep earthquakes, Annu. Rev. Earth planet. Sci, 23, 169-213.
21. Hirth, G. & Kohlstedt, D.L., 1995. Experimental constraints on the dynamics of the partially molten upper mantle: Deformation in the diffusion creep regime, J. geophys. Res., 100 (B2), 1981-2001.
22. Holtzman, B.K., Groebner, N.J., Zimmerman, M.E., Ginsberg, G.B. & Kohlstedt, D.L., 2003. Stress-driven melt segregation in partially molten rocks, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 4, 5.
23. Huang, W.C. & Okal, E.A., 1998. Centroid-moment-tensor solutions for deep earthquakes predating the digital era: Discussion and inferences, Phys. Earth planet. Int., 106, 191-218.
24. Isacks, B. & Molnar, P., 1971. Distribution of stresses in the descending lithosphere from a global survey of focal-mechanism solutions of mantle earthquakes, Rev. Geophys. Space Phys., 9 (1), 103-174.
25. Ito, E. & Sato, H., 1991. Aseismicity in the lower mantle by superplasticity of the descending slab, Nature, 351, 140-141.
26. 4 and some geophysical implications, J. geophys. Res., 94, 10637-10646.
27. Kanamori, H., Anderson, D.L. & Heaton, T.H., 1998. Frictional melting during faulting, Science, 279, 839.
28. Karato, S., Riedel, M.R. & Yuen, D.A., 2001. Rheological structure and deformation of subducted slabs, Phys. Earth planet. Inter., 127, 83-108.
29. Karato, S.-I. & Jung, H., 1998. Water, partial melting and the origin of the seismic low velocity and high attenuation zone in the upper mantle. Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 157, 193-207.
30. Karato, S.-I., Zhang, S. & Wenk, H.-R., 1995. Superplasticity in Earth's lower mantle: Evidence from seismic anisotropy and rock physics Science, 270, 458-461.
31. Kaufmann, G. & Lambeck, K., 2002. Glacial isostatic adjustment and the radial viscosity profile from inverse modeling. J. geophys. Res., 107 (B11), 2280.
32. Koga, K., Hauri, E., Hirschmann, M. & Bell, D., 2005. Hydrogen concentration analysis using SIMS and FTIR: Comparison and calibration for nominally anhydrous minerals, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 4, 1019, doi:.
33. Komabayashi, T., Omori, S. & Maruyama, S., 2004. Petrogenetic grid in the system MgO-SiO2-H2O up to 30 GPa, 1600 C: Applications to hydrous peridotite subducting into the Earth s deep interior. J. geophys. Res., 109 (B03206), doi:.
34. Komabayashi, T., Hirose, K., Funakoshi, K. & Takafuji, N., 2005. Stability of phase A in antigorite(serpentine) composition determined by in situ X-ray pressure observations. Phys. Earth planet. Int., 151 (3-4), 276-289.
35. Litasov, K., Ohtani, E., Langenhorst, F., Yurimoto, H., Kubo, T. & Kondo, T., 2003. Water solubility in Mg-perovskites and water storage capacity in the lower mantle, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 211, 189-203.
36. Luth, R.W., 1995. Is phase a relevant to the Earth's mantle ? Geochim. Cosmochim. Act., 59, 679-682.
37. Maaloe, S. & Scheie, A., 1982. The permeability controlled accumulation of primary magma, Contrib. Min. Petrol., 81, 350-357.
38. Meade, C. & Jeanloz, R., 1991. Deep focus earthquakes and recycling of water in the Earth's mantle, Science, 252, 68-72.
39. Minarik, G.M. & Watson, E.B., 1995. Interconnectivity of carbonate melt at low melt fraction, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 133, 423-437.
40. McKenzie, D., 1984. The generation and compaction of partially molten rocks, J. Petrol., 25, 713-765.
41. McKenzie, D., 1989. Some remarks on the movement of small melt fraction in the mantle, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 95, 53-72.
42. Mibe, K., Fujii, T., Yasuda, A., 1998. Connectivity of aqueous fluid in the Earth's upper mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1233-1236.
43. Obayashi, M., Sugioka, H., Yoshimitsu, J. & Fukao Y., 2006. High temperature anomalies oceanward of subducting slabs at the 410-km discontinuity, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 243, 149-158.
44. Ohtani, E. & Maeda, M., 2001. Density of basaltic melt at high pressure and stability of the melt at the base of the lower mantle, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 193, 69-75.
45. Omori, S., Komabayashi, T. & Maruyama, S., 2004. Dehydration and earthquakes in the subducting slab: Empirical link in intermediate and deep seismic zones, Phys. Earth planet. Int., 146, 297-311.
46. Petersen, N., Vinnik, L., Kosarev, G., Kind, R., Oreshin, S. & Stammler, K., 1993. Sharpness of the mantle discontinuities, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 859-862.
47. Rabinowicz, M. & Ceuleneer, G., 2005. The effect of slope isotherms on melt migration in the shallow mantle: A physical and numerical model based on observations in Oman ophiolites, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 229, 231-246.
48. Rabinowicz, M., Genthon, P., Ceuleneer, G. & Hillairet, M., 2001. Compaction in a mantle mush with high melt concentrations and the generation of magma chambers, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 188, 313-328.
49. Richard, G., Monnereau, M. & Ingrin, J., 2002. Is the transition zone an empty water reservoir?Inferences from numerical model of mantle dynamics, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 205, 37-51.
50. Rubin, A.M., 1995. Propagation of magma-filled cracks, Annu. Rev. Earth planet. Sci., 23, 287-336.
51. Ruepke, L., Phipps Morgan, J., Hort, M. & Connolly, J., 2004. Serpentine and the subduction zone water cycle, Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 223, 17-34.
52. Schmidt, M. & Poli, S., 1998. Experimentally based water budgets for dehydrating slab and consequences for arc magma generation, Earth planet Sci. Lett., 163, 361-379.
53. Sleep, N., 1988. Tapping of melt by veins and dykes, J. geophys. Res., 93, 10255-10272.
54. Sleep, N., 1995. Ductile creep, compaction, and rate and state dependent friction within major fault zones, J. geophys. Res., 100, 13065-13080.
55. Solomatov, V.S., 2001. Grain size-dependent viscosity convection and the thermal evolution of the Earth. Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 191, 203-212.
56. Spera, F.J., 1987. Dynamics of translithospheric migration of metasomatic fluid and alkaline magma, in Mantle metasomatism, pp. 1-19, eds Menzies, M. & Hawkesworth, C.J., Academics Press, London.
57. Spiegelman, M., 1993. Flow in deformable porous media. Part 2 Numerical analysis-the relationship between shock waves and solitary waves, J. Fluid Mech., 247, 39-63.
58. Sramek, O., Ricard, Y. & Bercovici, D., 2006. Discussion of two-phase equations with melting, Geophys. J. Int., in press.
59. Thompson, A.B., 1992. Water in the Earth's mantle, Nature, 358, 295-302.
60. Vasilyev, O.V., Podladchikov, Y.Y. & Yuen, D.A., 1998. Modeling of compaction driven flow in poro-viscoelastic medium using adaptive wavelet collocation method, Geopyhs. Res. Lett., 25 (17), 3239-3242.
61. Wiens, D.A., 2001. Seismological constraints on the mechanism of deep earthquakes: Temperature dependence of deep earthquake source properties, Phys. Earth planet. Int., 127, 145-163.
62. Wiggins, C. & Spiegelman, M., 1995. Magma migration and magmatic solitary waves in 3D, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (10), 1289-1292.
63. Yoshioka, S., Daessler, R. & Yuen, D.A., 1997. Stress fields associated with metastable phase transitions in descending slabs and deep-focus earthquakes, Phys. Earth planet. Int., 104, 345-361.