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Huang Jian, Huang Fang, Xiao Yilin, 2019. Fe-Mg Isotopic Compositions of Altered Oceanic Crust and Subduction-Zone Fluids. Earth Science, 44(12): 4050-4056. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.234
Citation: Huang Jian, Huang Fang, Xiao Yilin, 2019. Fe-Mg Isotopic Compositions of Altered Oceanic Crust and Subduction-Zone Fluids. Earth Science, 44(12): 4050-4056. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.234

Fe-Mg Isotopic Compositions of Altered Oceanic Crust and Subduction-Zone Fluids

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2019.234
  • Received Date: 2019-08-16
  • Publish Date: 2019-12-15
  • The origin of the light Fe and heavy Mg isotope enrichments in arc lavas remains unclear because of the lack of constraints on the Fe-Mg isotope compositions of altered oceanic crust (AOC) and metamorphic fluids in subduction zones. Carbonate-barren AOC has Mg isotope compositions similar to those of fresh mid-ocean ridge basalts, suggesting that low-to-high temperature alteration of oceanic crust by seawater and hydrothermal fluids results in limited Mg isotope fractionation. Fe-Mg isotope measurements show that the early omphacite-epidote veins have higher δ56Fe and δ26Mg compared to the host eclogites and that the δ56Fe and δ26Mg gradually decrease from the early omphacite-epidote through epidote-quartz to the late kyanite-epidote-quartz veins. These results indicate significant Fe-Mg isotope fractionation during fluid-rock interaction and fluid evolution due to the dissolution-precipitation processes of minerals in subduction zones. Compared to mid-ocean ridge basalts, the similar or higher δ56Fe and δ26Mg of AOC and metamorphic veins suggest that AOC-derived fluids are probably enriched in heavy Fe-Mg isotopes. Thus, contribution from AOC-derived fluids is unlikely to explain the light Fe and heavy Mg isotope compositions of arc lavas. We propose that the Fe-Mg isotope anomaly of arc lavas may result from a combination of prior melt depletion and addition of serpentinite-derived 54Fe-26Mg-rich fluids into the overlying mantle wedge.

     

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