A high carbon content of the Hawaiian mantle from olivine-hosted melt inclusions
A high carbon content of the Hawaiian mantle from olivine-hosted melt inclusions
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DOI:
10.1016/j.gca.2019.04.001
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2019-06
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5
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J. Tucker;E. Hauri;A. Pietruszka;Michael O. Garcia;J. Marske;F. Trusdell
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J. Tucker;E. Hauri;A. Pietruszka;Michael O. Garcia;J. Marske;F. Trusdell
The deep mantle carbon content and flux are fundamental quantities in understanding global volatile cycles and distributions. Here, we present CO2concentrations measured in 407 olivine-hosted melt inclusions from Hualalai, Kilauea, Koolau, Loihi, and Mauna Loa to constrain the Hawaiian mantle CO2content and flux. Quantification of melt inclusion CO2is complicated by the ubiquitous presence of vapor or “shrinkage” bubbles. The contribution from exsolved shrinkage bubble CO2was determined from the measured bubble size and a CO2equation of state, and added to the dissolved CO2to reconstruct total melt inclusion CO2concentrations. Bubbles typically contain ∼90% of melt inclusion C, much of which may be sequestered in precipitated phases on bubble walls, and thus not amenable to measurement by Raman spectroscopy. Based on our dataset of total (dissolved + bubble) CO2concentrations, we estimate that parental melts from the five Hawaiian volcanoes have CO2concentrations ranging from 3900 to 10,000 ppm CO2. Among the active volcanoes, CO2concentrations decrease to the northwest, likely reflecting mantle source heterogeneity, although differences in CO2degassing related to the relative depths of the magma chambers may also play a role. Mantle sources of the Hawaiian volcanoes range from 380 to 480 ppm CO2suggesting that the Hawaiian plume is at least a factor of ∼4 more C-rich than the upper mantle sampled by mid-ocean ridge basalts. This enrichment is likely due to the presence of recycled surficial C and/or C-rich primitive material in the Hawaiian mantle.