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Article Dans Une Revue (Data Paper) Geochemical Perspectives Letters Année : 2024

Xenon compatibility in magmatic processes: Hadean to current contexts

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Xenon (Xe) behaviour in petrological processes, albeit essential to constrain mantle ingassing and degassing models, is elusive due to its volatile nature, and lack of direct investigation at the pressures (P) and temperatures (T) relevant to magma formation and crystallisation at depth. Xenon stands out amongst noble gases due to its unique reactivity with silicates of the lower crust and upper mantle, which could at least partially explain that published mineral/melt partitioning coefficients span up to six orders of magnitude. We report partition coefficients of Xe using in situ X-ray fluorescence at high P and T, and mass spectrometry analyses. Xenon is found to be moderately incompatible in anorthite-clinopyroxene mix in equilibrium with basalt (partition coefficient value of 0.16 ± 0.06), and compatible in olivine in equilibrium with basalt (partition coefficients in the range 88 ± 22 to 302 ± 46). While Xe is, thus, concentrated in basaltic melts coexisting with crystallising pyroxenes and feldspars, it is strongly retained in olivine at depth. Consequently, Xe originally contained in solid Earth has been preferentially retained at depth throughout Earth’s history, from the magma ocean stages to present day partial mantle melting processes.

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hal-04583782 , version 1 (22-05-2024)

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Q. Chen, Chrystèle Sanloup, G. Shen, D. Horlait. Xenon compatibility in magmatic processes: Hadean to current contexts. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 2024, 29, pp.57-62. ⟨10.7185/geochemlet.2413⟩. ⟨hal-04583782⟩
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