Nonlinearity of the post-spinel transition and its expression in slabs and plumes worldwide

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Hauptverfasser: Dong, Junjie, Fischer, Rebecca A., Stixrude, Lars, Brennan, Matthew C., Daviau, Kierstin, Suer, Terry-Ann, Turner, Katlyn M., Meng, Yue, Prakapenka, Vitali B.
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author Dong, Junjie
Fischer, Rebecca A.
Stixrude, Lars
Brennan, Matthew C.
Daviau, Kierstin
Suer, Terry-Ann
Turner, Katlyn M.
Meng, Yue
Prakapenka, Vitali B.
author_facet Dong, Junjie
Fischer, Rebecca A.
Stixrude, Lars
Brennan, Matthew C.
Daviau, Kierstin
Suer, Terry-Ann
Turner, Katlyn M.
Meng, Yue
Prakapenka, Vitali B.
contents At the interface of Earth's upper and lower mantle, the post-spinel transition boundary controls the dynamics and morphologies of downwelling slabs and upwelling plumes, and its Clapeyron slope is hence one of the most important constraints on mantle convection. In this study, we reported a new in situ experimental dataset on phase stability in Mg$_{2}$SiO$_{4}$ at mantle transition zone pressures from laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments, along with a compilation of corrected in situ experimental datasets from the literature. We presented a machine learning framework for high-pressure phase diagram determination and focused on its application to constrain the location and Clapeyron slope of the post-spinel transition: ringwoodite $\leftrightarrow$ bridgmanite + periclase. We found that the post-spinel boundary is nonlinear and its Clapeyron slope varies locally from $-2.3_{-1.4}^{+0.6}$ MPa/K at 1900 K, to $-1.0_{-1.7}^{+1.3}$ MPa/K at 1700 K, and to $0.0_{-2.0}^{+1.7}$ MPa/K at 1500 K. We applied the temperature-dependent post-spinel Clapeyron slope to estimate its lateral variation across the "660-km" seismic discontinuity in subducting slabs and hotspot-associated plumes worldwide, as well as the ambient mantle. We found that, in the present-day mantle, the average post spinel Clapeyron slope in the plumes is three times more negative than that in slabs, and we then discussed the effects of a nonlinear post-spinel transition on the dynamics of Earth's mantle.
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spellingShingle Nonlinearity of the post-spinel transition and its expression in slabs and plumes worldwide
Dong, Junjie
Fischer, Rebecca A.
Stixrude, Lars
Brennan, Matthew C.
Daviau, Kierstin
Suer, Terry-Ann
Turner, Katlyn M.
Meng, Yue
Prakapenka, Vitali B.
Geophysics
Materials Science
At the interface of Earth's upper and lower mantle, the post-spinel transition boundary controls the dynamics and morphologies of downwelling slabs and upwelling plumes, and its Clapeyron slope is hence one of the most important constraints on mantle convection. In this study, we reported a new in situ experimental dataset on phase stability in Mg$_{2}$SiO$_{4}$ at mantle transition zone pressures from laser-heated diamond anvil cell experiments, along with a compilation of corrected in situ experimental datasets from the literature. We presented a machine learning framework for high-pressure phase diagram determination and focused on its application to constrain the location and Clapeyron slope of the post-spinel transition: ringwoodite $\leftrightarrow$ bridgmanite + periclase. We found that the post-spinel boundary is nonlinear and its Clapeyron slope varies locally from $-2.3_{-1.4}^{+0.6}$ MPa/K at 1900 K, to $-1.0_{-1.7}^{+1.3}$ MPa/K at 1700 K, and to $0.0_{-2.0}^{+1.7}$ MPa/K at 1500 K. We applied the temperature-dependent post-spinel Clapeyron slope to estimate its lateral variation across the "660-km" seismic discontinuity in subducting slabs and hotspot-associated plumes worldwide, as well as the ambient mantle. We found that, in the present-day mantle, the average post spinel Clapeyron slope in the plumes is three times more negative than that in slabs, and we then discussed the effects of a nonlinear post-spinel transition on the dynamics of Earth's mantle.
title Nonlinearity of the post-spinel transition and its expression in slabs and plumes worldwide
topic Geophysics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.08975