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Petit-spot as definitive evidence for partial melting in the asthenosphere caused by CO2

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  • Shiki Machida

    (Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
    School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo)

  • Tetsu Kogiso

    (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-nihonmatsu)

  • Naoto Hirano

    (Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University)

Abstract

The deep carbon cycle plays an important role on the chemical differentiation and physical properties of the Earth’s mantle. Especially in the asthenosphere, seismic low-velocity and high electrical conductivity due to carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced partial melting are expected but not directly observed. Here we discuss the experimental results relevant to the genesis of primitive CO2-rich alkali magma forming petit-spot volcanoes at the deformation front of the outer rise of the northwestern Pacific plate. The results suggest that primitive melt last equilibrated with depleted peridotite at 1.8–2.1 GPa and 1,280–1,290 °C. Although the equilibration pressure corresponds to the pressure of the lower lithosphere, by considering an equilibration temperature higher than the solidus in the volatile–peridotite system along with the temperature of the lower lithosphere, we conclude that CO2-rich silicate melt is always produced in the asthenosphere. The melt subsequently ascends into and equilibrates with the lower lithosphere before eruption.

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  • Shiki Machida & Tetsu Kogiso & Naoto Hirano, 2017. "Petit-spot as definitive evidence for partial melting in the asthenosphere caused by CO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-7, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14302
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14302
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