CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids
The investigation of the role played by CO2 circulating within the mantle during partial melting and metasomatic/refertilization processes, together with a re-consideration of its storage capability and re-cycling in the lithospheric mantle, is crucial to unravel the Earth's main geodynamic pro...
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ftunivmilanobic:oai:boa.unimib.it:10281/428289 2024-04-21T07:50:20+00:00 CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids Casetta, Federico Rizzo, Andrea L. Faccini, Barbara Ntaflos, Theodoros Abart, Rainer Lanzafame, Gabriele Faccincani, Luca Mancini, Lucia Giacomoni, Pier Paolo Coltorti, Massimo Casetta, F Rizzo, A Faccini, B Ntaflos, T Abart, R Lanzafame, G Faccincani, L Mancini, L Giacomoni, P Coltorti, M 2022 STAMPA https://hdl.handle.net/10281/428289 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106643 eng eng Elsevier BV country:NL info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000799244600002 volume:416-417 issue:May 2022 journal:LITHOS https://hdl.handle.net/10281/428289 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106643 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85125537498 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Alkaline metasomatism CO2 storage Fluid inclusion Inter-granular fluid Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle Synchrotron X-ray microtomography info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2022 ftunivmilanobic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106643 2024-03-28T00:57:36Z The investigation of the role played by CO2 circulating within the mantle during partial melting and metasomatic/refertilization processes, together with a re-consideration of its storage capability and re-cycling in the lithospheric mantle, is crucial to unravel the Earth's main geodynamic processes. In this study, the combination of petrology, CO2 content trapped in bulk rock- and mineral-hosted fluid inclusions (FI), and 3D textural and volumetric characterization of intra- and inter-granular microstructures was used to investigate the extent and modality of CO2 storage in depleted and fertile (or refertilized) Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle (SCLM) beneath northern Victoria Land (NVL, Antarctica). Prior to xenoliths entrainment by the host basalt, the Antarctic SCLM may have stored 0.2 vol% melt and 1.1 vol% fluids, mostly as FI trails inside mineral phases but also as inter-granular fluids. The amount of CO2 stored in FI varies from 0.1 μg(CO2)/g(sample) in olivine from the anhydrous mantle xenoliths at Greene Point and Handler Ridge, up to 187.3 μg/g in orthopyroxene from the highly metasomatized amphibole-bearing lherzolites at Baker Rocks, while the corresponding bulk CO2 contents range from 0.3 to 57.2 μg/g. Irrespective of the lithology, CO2 partitioning is favoured in orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene-hosted FI (olivine: orthopyroxene = 0.10 ± 0.06 to 0.26 ± 0.09; olivine: clinopyroxene = 0.10 ± 0.05 to 0.27 ± 0.14). The H2O/(H2O + CO2) molar ratios obtained by comparing the CO2 contents of FI to the H2O amount retained in pyroxene lattices vary between 0.72 ± 0.17 and 0.97 ± 0.03, which is well comparable with the values measured in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from Antarctic primary lavas and assumed as representative of the partition of volatiles at the local mantle conditions. From the relationships between mineral chemistry, thermo-, oxy-barometric results and CO2 contents in mantle xenoliths, we speculate that relicts of CO2-depleted mantle are present at Greene Point, representing memory of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Victoria Land Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca: BOA (Bicocca Open Archive) Lithos 416-417 106643 |
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Alkaline metasomatism CO2 storage Fluid inclusion Inter-granular fluid Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle Synchrotron X-ray microtomography Casetta, Federico Rizzo, Andrea L. Faccini, Barbara Ntaflos, Theodoros Abart, Rainer Lanzafame, Gabriele Faccincani, Luca Mancini, Lucia Giacomoni, Pier Paolo Coltorti, Massimo CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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The investigation of the role played by CO2 circulating within the mantle during partial melting and metasomatic/refertilization processes, together with a re-consideration of its storage capability and re-cycling in the lithospheric mantle, is crucial to unravel the Earth's main geodynamic processes. In this study, the combination of petrology, CO2 content trapped in bulk rock- and mineral-hosted fluid inclusions (FI), and 3D textural and volumetric characterization of intra- and inter-granular microstructures was used to investigate the extent and modality of CO2 storage in depleted and fertile (or refertilized) Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle (SCLM) beneath northern Victoria Land (NVL, Antarctica). Prior to xenoliths entrainment by the host basalt, the Antarctic SCLM may have stored 0.2 vol% melt and 1.1 vol% fluids, mostly as FI trails inside mineral phases but also as inter-granular fluids. The amount of CO2 stored in FI varies from 0.1 μg(CO2)/g(sample) in olivine from the anhydrous mantle xenoliths at Greene Point and Handler Ridge, up to 187.3 μg/g in orthopyroxene from the highly metasomatized amphibole-bearing lherzolites at Baker Rocks, while the corresponding bulk CO2 contents range from 0.3 to 57.2 μg/g. Irrespective of the lithology, CO2 partitioning is favoured in orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene-hosted FI (olivine: orthopyroxene = 0.10 ± 0.06 to 0.26 ± 0.09; olivine: clinopyroxene = 0.10 ± 0.05 to 0.27 ± 0.14). The H2O/(H2O + CO2) molar ratios obtained by comparing the CO2 contents of FI to the H2O amount retained in pyroxene lattices vary between 0.72 ± 0.17 and 0.97 ± 0.03, which is well comparable with the values measured in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from Antarctic primary lavas and assumed as representative of the partition of volatiles at the local mantle conditions. From the relationships between mineral chemistry, thermo-, oxy-barometric results and CO2 contents in mantle xenoliths, we speculate that relicts of CO2-depleted mantle are present at Greene Point, representing memory of ... |
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Casetta, F Rizzo, A Faccini, B Ntaflos, T Abart, R Lanzafame, G Faccincani, L Mancini, L Giacomoni, P Coltorti, M |
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Casetta, Federico Rizzo, Andrea L. Faccini, Barbara Ntaflos, Theodoros Abart, Rainer Lanzafame, Gabriele Faccincani, Luca Mancini, Lucia Giacomoni, Pier Paolo Coltorti, Massimo |
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Casetta, Federico Rizzo, Andrea L. Faccini, Barbara Ntaflos, Theodoros Abart, Rainer Lanzafame, Gabriele Faccincani, Luca Mancini, Lucia Giacomoni, Pier Paolo Coltorti, Massimo |
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CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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CO2 storage in the Antarctica Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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co2 storage in the antarctica sub-continental lithospheric mantle as revealed by intra- and inter-granular fluids |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Victoria Land |
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