Mg and Fe isotope compositions of mid-ocean ridge basalts modified by Mg-Fe inter-diffusion during melt transport

被引:4
作者
Liu, Xiao-Ning [1 ]
Hin, Remco C. [1 ,2 ]
Coath, Christopher D. [1 ]
Elliott, Tim [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Bristol Isotope Grp, Bristol BS8 1RJ, England
[2] Consiglio Nazionale Ric CNR, Inst Environm Geol & Geoengn, Via Sandro Botticelli 23, I-20133 Milan, Italy
基金
欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Mg isotope; Fe isotope; Mid -ocean ridge basalt; Mg -Fe inter -diffusion; Kinetic isotope fractionation; EAST PACIFIC RISE; SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE; MAGMATIC PROCESSES; SILICATE MELTS; MANTLE; FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; ORIGIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118868
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
We analysed forty-nine, hand-picked, mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) glasses for their Mg isotopic compositions using a high-precision, critical mixture double-spiking approach. Additionally, the Fe isotopic compositions of a subset (twenty-two) of these samples were measured. Samples from the East Pacific, Mid-Atlantic, South East Indian and East Scotia ridges have average 826Mg - -0.21 %o and 857Fe -0.10 %o, while those from the ultraslow spreading Gakkel and South West Indian ridges have lighter Mg isotope compositions, 826Mg as low as - 0.32 %o, and heavier Fe isotope compositions, 857Fe up to 0.25 %o. Overall, the samples show a striking negative correlation between 826Mg and 857Fe. Few MORB have 826Mg as high as predicted by equilibrium models of melting and differentiation; in complementary fashion, measured 857Fe are typically higher than modelled, equilibrium values. Furthermore, we show that the slope of 26Mg/24Mg and 25Mg/24Mg covariations in MORB is consistent with kinetic not equilibrium fractionation. These observations identify an important diffusive control on both Mg and Fe isotopic compositions of MORB. Fractional transport of melt beneath ridges juxtaposes low Mg/Fe fractional melts from depth with high Mg/Fe residues at the top of the melting column. We argue that diffusively limited, partial Mg-Fe exchange between melt and peridotite through which it migrates leads to melts becoming isotopically lighter in Mg and heavier in Fe. Low melt rock ratios from sub-adiabatic melting beneath the slowest spreading ridges result in the greatest diffusive exchange between peridotite and melt en route to surface.
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