An experimental study of carbonated eclogite at 3·5-5·5 GPa-implications for silicate and carbonate metasomatism in the cratonic mantle

Kiseeva, Ekaterina; Yaxley, Gregory; Hermann, Joerg; Litasov, Konstantin; Rosenthal, Anja; Kamenetsky, Vadim S

An experimental study of carbonated eclogite at 3·5-5·5 GPa-implications for silicate and carbonate metasomatism in the cratonic mantle

Date

2012

Authors

Kiseeva, Ekaterina

Yaxley, Gregory

Hermann, Joerg

Litasov, Konstantin

Rosenthal, Anja

Kamenetsky, Vadim S

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

We have experimentally investigated a K-bearing altered mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) composition to which 10% CaCO 3 was added (GA1 + 10%cc), at temperatures of 1050-1400°C and pressures of 3·5-5·5 GPa. Experiments were conducted in piston-cylinder ap