Phase Relations of Harzburgite and MORB up to the Uppermost Lower Mantle Conditions: Precise Comparison With Pyrolite by Multisample Cell High-Pressure Experiments With Implication to Dynamics of Subducted Slabs

摘要

We determined phase relations of harzburgite and basalt (mid-ocean ridge basalt, MORB) at 12-28GPa and 1600-2200 degrees C with a large number of experiments using a multianvil high-pressure apparatus. These phase relations were precisely compared with those of pyrolite simultaneously determined by multisample cell technique. The post-spinel (pSp) transition of harzburgite occurs at 23GPa and 1600 degrees C with the boundary slope of -31MPa/degrees C. The post-garnet (pGt) transition boundary of MORB, defined as the beginning of the majorite garnet-bridgmanite transition, is located at 25GPa and 1600 degrees C, with a slope of 1.51MPa/degrees C. The pSp transition of harzburgite occurs at higher pressure by 0.5GPa at 1600 degrees C and has the more negative slope than that of pyrolite (-11MPa/degrees C). The pGt transition of MORB occurs at higher pressure by 3GPa than the pSp transition of harzburgite. At 1600 degrees C, the density of pyrolite is smaller than those of harzburgite and MORB before the pSp transition of pyrolite (pyrolite-harzburgite/MORB=-0.17g/cm(3)). After the pSp transition of pyrolite, harzburgite has lower densities than that of pyrolite at 22-27GPa (pyrolite-harzburgite=0.31 and 0.08g/cm(3) before/after the pSp transition in harzburgite, respectively). On the other hand, the density of MORB becomes the highest among the three rocks above 25GPa after the pGt transition of MORB (pyrolite-MORB=-0.18g/cm(3)). The present density contrasts suggest that harzburgite and MORB may stagnate and accumulate in the transition zone by slab subduction, resulting in that the pyrolitic part of slabs is subducted into the lower mantle.