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A Brillouin scattering study of hydrous basaltic glasses: the effect of H2O on their elastic behavior and implications for the densities of basaltic melts

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Hydrous basalt glasses with water contents of 0–6.82% were synthesized using a multi-anvil press at 1.0–2.0 GPa and 1200–1400 °C. The starting materials were natural Mesozoic basalts from the eastern North China Craton (NCC). Their sound velocities and elastic properties were measured by Brillouin scattering spectroscopy. The longitudinal (V P) and shear (V S) wave velocities decreased with increasing water content. Increasing the synthesis pressure resulted in the glass becoming denser, and finally led to an increase in V P. As the degree of depolymerization increased, the V P, V S, and shear and bulk moduli of the hydrous basalt glasses decreased, whereas the adiabatic compressibility increased. The partial molar volumes of water (\(\nu\)) under ambient conditions were independent of composition, having values of 11.6 ± 0.8, 10.9 ± 0.6 and 11.5 ± 0.5 cm3/mol for the FX (Feixian), FW (Fuxin), and SHT (Sihetun) basalt glasses, respectively. However, the \({{V}_{{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\text{O}}}\) values measured at elevated temperatures and pressures are increasing with increasing temperature or decreasing pressure. The contrasting densities of these hydrous basalt melts with those previously reported for mid-ocean ridge basalt and preliminary reference Earth model data indicate that hydrous basalt melts may not maintain gravitational stability at the base of the upper mantle.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Professor Xia Qun-ke for technical support on the electron microprobe and infrared absorption spectroscopy experiments. We also thank Professor Liu Qiong for hospitality and stimulating discussions. This work was financially supported by (Grant No. 91014004, 11374121 and 11074094), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2013M540243), the Fundamental Research Funds for Jilin University, China (Grant No. 450060491500) and the Special fund of the West Light Foundation of CAS.

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    Lei Wu, De-Bin Yang, Jun-Xiu Liu, Bo Hu, Fang-Fei Li, Yang Yu, Wen-Liang Xu & Chun-Xiao Gao

  2. Key Laboratory of High-Temperature and High-Pressure Study of the Earth’s Interior, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, 550002, Guizhou, China

    Lei Wu & Hong-Sen Xie

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Wu, L., Yang, DB., Liu, JX. et al. A Brillouin scattering study of hydrous basaltic glasses: the effect of H2O on their elastic behavior and implications for the densities of basaltic melts. Phys Chem Minerals 44, 431–444 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-017-0870-9

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