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AMERICAN MINERALOGIST
Volume 104, Issue 10, Pages 1416-1420Publisher
MINERALOGICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.2138/am-2019-7064
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Solubility behavior; delta-AlOOH; epsilon-FeOOH; high pressures; Physics and Chemistry of Earth's Deep Mantle and Core
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- JSPS KAKENHI [18J12511, 26247073, 15H05828, 18H03740]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18J12511, 26247073, 18H03740] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Low-pressure polymorphs of AlOOH and FeOOH are common natural oxyhydroxides at the Earth's surface, which may transport hydrogen to the deep mantle via subduction. At elevated pressures, the low-pressure polymorphs transform into delta-AlOOH and epsilon-FeOOH with CaCl2-type structure, which form a solid solution above 18 GPa. Nevertheless, few studies have examined the solid solution behavior of this binary system in detail. In this study, we ascertain the phase relations in the AlOOH-FeOOH binary system at 15-25 GPa and 700-1200 degrees C. X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements of quenched samples show that delta-AlOOH and epsilon-FeOOH partly form solid solutions over wide pressure and temperature ranges. Our results demonstrate that a binary eutectic diagram is formed without dehydration or melting below 1200 degrees C at 20 GPa. We also observe that the maximum solubilities of Al and Fe in the solid solutions are more strongly influenced by temperature than pressure. Our results suggest that the CaCl2-type hydroxides subducted into the deep mantle form a solid solution over a wide composition range. As AlOOH and FeOOH are present in hydrous crust, these phases may be subducted into the deep interior, transporting a significant amount of hydrogen to deeper regions. Therefore, a better understanding of this binary system may help elucidate the model geodynamic processes associated with the deep water cycling in the Earth.
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