Burnham, AD;
Thomson, AR;
Bulanova, GP;
Kohn, SC;
Smith, CB;
Walter, MJ;
(2015)
Stable isotope evidence for crustal recycling as recorded by superdeep diamonds.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
, 432
pp. 374-380.
10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.023.
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Abstract
© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Sub-lithospheric diamonds from the Juina-5 and Collier-4 kimberlites and the Machado River alluvial deposit in Brazil have carbon isotopic compositions that co-vary with the oxygen isotopic compositions of their inclusions, which implies that they formed by a mixing process. The proposed model for this mixing process, based on interaction of slab-derived carbonate melt with reduced (carbide- or metal-bearing) ambient mantle, explains these isotopic observations. It is also consistent with the observed trace element chemistries of diamond inclusions from these localities and with the experimental phase relations of carbonated subducted crust. The 18O-enriched nature of the inclusions demonstrates that they incorporate material from crustal protoliths that previously interacted with seawater, thus confirming the subduction-related origin of superdeep diamonds. These samples also provide direct evidence of an isotopically anomalous reservoir in the deep (≥350 km) mantle.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Stable isotope evidence for crustal recycling as recorded by superdeep diamonds |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.023 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.023 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. This manuscript is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | diamonds; stable isotopes; subduction; majorite; stishovite |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473736 |
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