Decomposition of kyanite and solubility of Al2O3 in stishovite at high pressure and high temperature conditions |
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Authors: | Xi Liu Norimasa Nishiyama Takeshi Sanehira Toru Inoue Yuji Higo Shizue Sakamoto |
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Institution: | (1) Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan;(2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada |
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Abstract: | In order to constrain the high-pressure behavior of kyanite, multi-anvil experiments have been carried out from 15 to 25 GPa, and 1,350 to 2,500°C. Both forward and reversal approaches to phase equilibria were adopted in these experiments. We find that kyanite breaks down to stishovite + corundum at pressures above ∼15 GPa, and stishovite + corundum should be the stable phase assemblage at the pressure–temperature conditions of the transition zone and the uppermost part of the lower mantle of the Earth, in agreement with previous multi-anvil experimental studies and ab initio calculation results, but in disagreement with some of the diamond-anvil cell experimental studies in the literature. The Al2O3 solubility in nominally dry stishovite has been tightly bracketed by forward and reversal experiments; it is slightly but consistently reduced by pressure increase. Its response to temperature increase, however, is more complicated: increases at low temperatures, maximizes at around 2,000°C, and perhaps decreases at higher temperatures. Consequently, the Al2O3 solubility in dry stishovite at conditions of high temperature–high pressure is very limited. |
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Keywords: | Al2O3 solubility in stishovite Corundum Kyanite Phase equilibrium Stishovite |
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