Recycled dehydrated lithosphere observed in plume-influenced mid-ocean-ridge basalt
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A substantial uncertainty in the Earth's global geochemical water cycle is the amount of water that enters the deep mantle through the subduction and recycling of hydrated oceanic lithosphere. Here we address the question of recycling of water into the deep mantle by characterizing the volatile contents of different mantle components as sampled by ocean island basalts and mid-ocean-ridge basalts. Although all mantle plume (ocean island) basalts seem to contain more water than mid-ocean-ridge basalts, we demonstrate that basalts associated with mantle plume components containing subducted lithosphere--'enriched-mantle' or 'EM-type' basalts--contain less water than those associated with a common mantle source. We interpret this depletion as indicating that water is extracted from the lithosphere during the subduction process, with greater than 92 per cent efficiency.
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This mechanism naturally accounts for the elevated water concentrations in the plume source reported by Dixon et al. [2002].
“This provides a natural explanation for the higher water concentrations in the plume source inferred by Dixon et al. [2002].”
From Subduction factory: 4. Depth-dependent flux of H <sub>2</sub> O from subducting slabs worldwide (2011) · cites this paper as Dixon et al. [2002]
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- Authors
- Dixon, J. E., Leist, L., Langmuir, C., & Schilling, J.-G.
- Affiliations
- University of Miami (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Rhode Island (US)
- Corresponding author
- Dixon, Jacqueline Eaby
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- 2002-11
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- 6914
- Pages
- 385-389
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- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
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- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Keywords
- subducted oceanic lithosphere, mid-ocean ridge basalt, ocean island basalts, mantle plume, enriched mantle, volatile content
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