TY - JOUR

T1 - An effect of reduced S-rich fluids on diamond formation under mantle-slab interaction

AU - Bataleva, Yuliya V.

AU - Palyanov, Yuri N.

AU - Borzdov, Yuri M.

AU - Novoselov, Ivan D.

AU - Bayukov, Oleg A.

PY - 2019/7/15

Y1 - 2019/7/15

N2 - Experimental study, dedicated to understanding the effect of S-rich reduced fluids on the diamond-forming processes under subduction settings, was performed using a multi-anvil high-pressure split-sphere apparatus in Fe 3 C-(Mg,Ca)CO 3 -S and Fe 0 -(Mg,Ca)CO 3 -S systems at the pressure of 6.3 GPa, temperatures in the range of 900–1600 °C and run time of 18–60 h. At the temperatures of 900 and 1000 °C in the carbide-carbonate-sulfur system, extraction of carbon from cohenite through the interaction with S-rich reduced fluid, as well as C 0 -producing redox reactions of carbonate with carbide were realized. As a result, graphite formation in assemblage with magnesiowüstite, cohenite and pyrrhotite (±aragonite) was established. At higher temperatures (≥1100 °C) formation of assemblage of Fe 3+ -magnesiowüstite and graphite was accompanied by generation of fO 2 -contrasting melts - metal-sulfide with dissolved carbon (Fe-S-C) and sulfide-oxide (Fe-S-O). In the temperature range of 1400–1600 °C spontaneous diamond nucleation was found to occur via redox interactions of carbide or iron with carbonate. It was established, that interactions of Fe-S-C and Fe-S-O melts as well as of Fe-S-C melt and magnesiowüstite, were С 0 -forming processes, accompanied by disproportionation of Fe. These resulted in the crystallization of Fe 3+ -magnesiowüstite+graphite assemblage and growth of diamond. We show that a participation of sulfur in subduction-related elemental carbon-forming processes results in sharp decrease of partial melting temperatures (~300 °C), reducting the reactivity of the Fe-S-C melt relatively to Fe–C melt with respect to graphite and diamond crystallization and decrease of diamond growth rate.

AB - Experimental study, dedicated to understanding the effect of S-rich reduced fluids on the diamond-forming processes under subduction settings, was performed using a multi-anvil high-pressure split-sphere apparatus in Fe 3 C-(Mg,Ca)CO 3 -S and Fe 0 -(Mg,Ca)CO 3 -S systems at the pressure of 6.3 GPa, temperatures in the range of 900–1600 °C and run time of 18–60 h. At the temperatures of 900 and 1000 °C in the carbide-carbonate-sulfur system, extraction of carbon from cohenite through the interaction with S-rich reduced fluid, as well as C 0 -producing redox reactions of carbonate with carbide were realized. As a result, graphite formation in assemblage with magnesiowüstite, cohenite and pyrrhotite (±aragonite) was established. At higher temperatures (≥1100 °C) formation of assemblage of Fe 3+ -magnesiowüstite and graphite was accompanied by generation of fO 2 -contrasting melts - metal-sulfide with dissolved carbon (Fe-S-C) and sulfide-oxide (Fe-S-O). In the temperature range of 1400–1600 °C spontaneous diamond nucleation was found to occur via redox interactions of carbide or iron with carbonate. It was established, that interactions of Fe-S-C and Fe-S-O melts as well as of Fe-S-C melt and magnesiowüstite, were С 0 -forming processes, accompanied by disproportionation of Fe. These resulted in the crystallization of Fe 3+ -magnesiowüstite+graphite assemblage and growth of diamond. We show that a participation of sulfur in subduction-related elemental carbon-forming processes results in sharp decrease of partial melting temperatures (~300 °C), reducting the reactivity of the Fe-S-C melt relatively to Fe–C melt with respect to graphite and diamond crystallization and decrease of diamond growth rate.

KW - Diamond

KW - High-pressure experiment

KW - Iron carbide

KW - Mantle sulfides

KW - Sulfur-rich fluid

KW - HIGH-PRESSURE

KW - CARBON

KW - C-O

KW - HIGH-TEMPERATURE

KW - SUBDUCTION

KW - GRAPHITE

KW - SULFUR

KW - SYSTEMS

KW - INCLUSION

KW - PHASE-RELATIONS

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U2 - 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.03.027

DO - 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.03.027

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85063875885

VL - 336-337

SP - 27

EP - 39

JO - Lithos

JF - Lithos

SN - 0024-4937

ER -