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Journal of Petrology 2006 47(4):647-671; doi:10.1093/petrology/egi088
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Immiscible Transition from Carbonate-rich to Silicate-rich Melts in the 3 GPa Melting Interval of Eclogite + CO2 and Genesis of Silica-undersaturated Ocean Island Lavas

RAJDEEP DASGUPTA*, MARC M. HIRSCHMANN and KATHRYN STALKER

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 310 PILLSBURY DRIVE SE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455, USA

RECEIVED APRIL 25, 2005; ACCEPTED OCTOBER 27, 2005

We explore the partial melting behavior of a carbonated silica-deficient eclogite (SLEC1; 5 wt % CO2) from experiments at 3 GPa and compare the compositions of partial melts with those of alkalic and highly alkalic oceanic island basalts (OIBs). The solidus is located at 1050–1075 °C and the liquidus at ~1415 °C. The sub-solidus assemblage consists of clinopyroxene, garnet, ilmenite, and calcio-dolomitic solid solution and the near solidus melt is carbonatitic (<2 wt % SiO2, <1 wt % Al2O3, and <0·1 wt % TiO2). Beginning at 1225 °C, a strongly silica-undersaturated silicate melt (~34–43 wt % SiO2) with high TiO2 (up to 19 wt %) coexists with carbonate-rich melt (<5 wt % SiO2). The first appearance of carbonated silicate melt is ~100 °C cooler than the expected solidus of CO2-free eclogite. In contrast to the continuous transition from carbonate to silicate melts observed experimentally in peridotite + CO2 systems, carbonate and silicate melt coexist over a wide temperature interval for partial melting of SLEC1 carbonated eclogite at 3 GPa. Silicate melts generated from SLEC1, especially at high melt fraction (>20 wt %), may be plausible sources or contributing components to melilitites and melilititic nephelinites from oceanic provinces, as they have strong compositional similarities including their SiO2, FeO*, MgO, CaO, TiO2 and Na2O contents, and CaO/Al2O3 ratios. Carbonated silicate partial melts from eclogite may also contribute to less extreme alkalic OIB, as these lavas have a number of compositional attributes, such as high TiO2 and FeO* and low Al2O3, that have not been observed from partial melting of peridotite ± CO2. In upwelling mantle, formation of carbonatite and silicate melts from eclogite and peridotite source lithologies occurs over a wide range of depths, producing significant opportunities for metasomatic transfer and implantation of melts.

KEY WORDS: carbonated eclogite; experimental phase equilibria; partial melting; liquid immiscibility; ocean island basalts

* Corresponding author. Telephone: +1-612-625-0366. Fax: +1-612-625-3819. E-mail: dasg0007{at}umn.edu


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