Recycling of nitrogen and light noble gases in the Central American subduction zone: Constraints from 15N15N
Recycling of nitrogen and light noble gases in the Central American subduction zone: Constraints from 15N15N
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中美洲俯冲带氮气和轻惰性气体的回收:来自15N15N的限制
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10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117112
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发表时间:
2021
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5.3
通讯作者:
de Moor, J.M.
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作者:
Labidi, J.;Young, E.D.;Fischer, T.P.;Barry, P.H.;Ballentine, C.J.;de Moor, J.M.
How much nitrogen and light noble gases are recycled in modern subduction zones is unclear. Fumaroles act as a means for passive degassing in arcs. They receive variable contributions of volatiles from arc magmas, themselves sourced from the mantle wedge. The gas compositions reflect the extent of volatile enrichment in sub-arc mantle sources and constrain slab dehydration. However, contributions from atmospheric components in fumaroles are unavoidable. For N 2, neon and argon, the atmospheric components are challenging to discern from slab-derived components. Here, we report 15 N 15 N measurements from eight fumaroles and seven bubbling springs, along the Central American arc. Our new 15 N 15 N data are coupled with noble gases measurements and show that air-derived components in volcanic gas discharges can easily be underestimated, in both fumaroles and springs, using conventional stable isotope or noble gases methods. We show that, in the absence of 15 N 15 N data, previously used tracers for air (eg, δ 15 N, N 2/Ar, N 2/He, among others) may lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the origin of volatiles in mixed gases. In contrast, 15 N 15 N data provide quantitative constraints on the nature and contributions of both atmospheric and magmatic components. Most springs are heavily dominated by air-derived N 2, while fumaroles show substantial contributions of volcanic endmembers. Based on the fumarole data, we show that magma sources beneath the central American arc are enriched in all volatiles relative to 3 He, by two to three orders of magnitude compared to the MORB source. We use new 15 N 15 N data to obtain source N 2/3 He, 3 He/36 Ar and 3 He/22 Ne ratios which we then use to compute volcanic N 2, Ar and Ne degassing fluxes. Using this approach, we show that outgassing fluxes appear to match subduction fluxes in the Central America subduction zone. We determine an N 2 outgassing flux of between 4.0× 10 8 and 1.0× 10 9 mol N 2/y, comparable to the subduction flux of 5.7× 10 8 mol N 2/yr determined previously. We obtain a similar conclusion for 22 Ne and 36 Ar. Overall, the volatile fluxes in the central American subduction zone no longer seem to require net transfer of N 2, Ar, and Ne, to the deep mantle.
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