OXYGEN THERMOBAROMETRY OF ABYSSAL SPINEL PERIDOTITES - THE REDOX STATE AND C-O-H VOLATILE COMPOSITION OF THE EARTHS SUB-OCEANIC UPPER MANTLE

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BRYNDZIA, LT
WOOD, BJ
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[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,DEPT GEOL SCI,EVANSTON,IL 60208
[2] UNIV BRISTOL,DEPT GEOL,BRISTOL BS8 1RJ,ENGLAND
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10.2475/ajs.290.10.1093
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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We have applied the spinel peridotite oxygen barometer to abyssal spinel peridotites from the mid-Atlantic, central Indian, southwest Indian and American-Antarctic ocean ridge systems. The results indicate that the oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the suboceanic mantle is on average 0.9 ± 0.7 (n = 33; ± 1sd) log units below the Fayalite-Magnetite-Quartz (FMQ) fO2 buffer. Suboceanic mantle is more reduced than the subcontinental mantle. -from Authors
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