Mutter, Andreas, Holzheid, Astrid, Kluegel, Andreas, Wilke, Max, Berndt, Jasper and Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter (2014) Element signatures of subduction-zone fluids. An experimental study of the element partitioning (D-fluid/rock) of natural partly altered igneous rocks from the ODP drilling site 1,256. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 103 (7). pp. 1917-1927. DOI 10.1007/s00531-014-1038-1.

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Abstract

The trace element signatures of fluids were investigated by leaching experiments on natural samples of partly altered mafic igneous rocks recovered from the drilling site 1,256 of ODP Leg 206 on the Cocos plate (Central America). Experiments with ultrapure water were performed at 400 degrees C/0.4 GPa and 500 degrees C/0.7 GPa. Both fluids and residual solids were examined to obtain the partition coefficients (Dfluid/rock) of various trace elements. Element partition coefficients (Dfluid/rock) obtained at 500 degrees C/0.7 GPa are significantly lower compared to results obtained at 400 degrees C/0.4 GPa, which is in contrast to observations at higher pressures (2.2-6 GPa) and temperatures between 700 and 1,400 degrees C (Kessel et al. in Earth Planet Sci Lett 237: 873-892, 2005a; Spandler et al. in Chem Geol 239: 228-249, 2007). This finding may indicate a considerable pressure effect on the leaching processes and strongly divergent fluid-rock interactions in the upper part of a subduction zone at 0.4-0.7 GPa compared to deeper subduction areas with higher pressures. Furthermore, this may be interpreted as one of the earliest fractionation processes during the subduction of crustal material.

Document Type:	Article
Keywords:	Subduction zones Trace elements Partition coefficients Leaching experiments Cocos plate
Research affiliation:	Kiel University Kiel University > Kiel Marine Science OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence
Refereed:	Yes
Open Access Journal?:	No
Publisher:	American Medical Association
Projects:	Future Ocean
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2015 12:35
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2019 23:27
URI:	https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/28081

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