Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources: Resolving the Dehydration Paradox

J. E. Dixon; I. N. Bindeman; R. H. Kingsley; K. K. Simons; P. J. Le Roux; T. R. Hajewski; P. Swart; C. H. Langmuir; J. G. Ryan; K. J. Walowski; I. Wada; P. J. Wallace

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Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources: Resolving the Dehydration Paradox

J. E. Dixon, I. N. Bindeman, R. H. Kingsley, K. K. Simons, P. J. Le Roux, T. R. Hajewski, P. Swart, C. H. Langmuir, J. G. Ryan, K. J. Walowski, I. Wada, P. J. Wallace

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Volatile and stable isotope data provide tests of mantle processes that give rise to mantle heterogeneity. New data on enriched mid-oceanic ridge basalts (MORB) show a diversity of enriched components. Pacific PREMA-type basalts (H₂O/Ce = 215 ± 30, δD_SMOW = −45 ± 5 ‰) are similar to those in the northern Atlantic (H₂O/Ce = 220 ± 30; δD_SMOW = −30 to −40 ‰). Basalts with EM-type signatures have regionally variable volatile compositions. Northern Atlantic EM-type basalts are wetter (H₂O/Ce = 330 ± 30) and have isotopically heavier hydrogen (δD_SMOW = −57 ± 5 ‰) than northern Atlantic MORB. Southern Atlantic EM-type basalts are damp (H₂O/Ce = 120 ± 10) with intermediate δD_SMOW (−68 ± 2 ‰), similar to δD_SMOW for Pacific MORB. Northern Pacific EM-type basalts are dry (H₂O/Ce = 110 ± 20) and isotopically light (δD_SMOW = −94 ± 3 ‰). A multistage metasomatic and melting model accounts for the origin of the enriched components by extending the subduction factory concept down through the mantle transition zone, with slab temperature a key variable. Volatiles and their stable isotopes are decoupled from lithophile elements, reflecting primary dehydration of the slab followed by secondary rehydration, infiltration, and re-equilibration by fluids derived from dehydrating subcrustal hydrous phases (e.g., antigorite) in cooler, deeper parts of the slab. Enriched mantle sources form by addition of <1% carbonated eclogite ± sediment-derived C-O-H-Cl fluids to depleted mantle at 180–280 km (EM) or within the transition zone (PREMA).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3801-3839
Number of pages	39
Journal	Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006743
State	Published - Nov 2017

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mantle geochemistry
metasomatism
oceanic basalt
stable isotopes
subduction
volatiles

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Dixon, J. E., Bindeman, I. N., Kingsley, R. H., Simons, K. K., Le Roux, P. J., Hajewski, T. R., Swart, P., Langmuir, C. H., Ryan, J. G., Walowski, K. J., Wada, I., & Wallace, P. J. (2017). Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources: Resolving the Dehydration Paradox. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(11), 3801-3839. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006743

Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources : Resolving the Dehydration Paradox. / Dixon, J. E.; Bindeman, I. N.; Kingsley, R. H.; Simons, K. K.; Le Roux, P. J.; Hajewski, T. R.; Swart, P.; Langmuir, C. H.; Ryan, J. G.; Walowski, K. J.; Wada, I.; Wallace, P. J.

In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 18, No. 11, 11.2017, p. 3801-3839.

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Dixon, J. E. ; Bindeman, I. N. ; Kingsley, R. H. ; Simons, K. K. ; Le Roux, P. J. ; Hajewski, T. R. ; Swart, P. ; Langmuir, C. H. ; Ryan, J. G. ; Walowski, K. J. ; Wada, I. ; Wallace, P. J. / Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources : Resolving the Dehydration Paradox. In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 2017 ; Vol. 18, No. 11. pp. 3801-3839.

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