title: Mantle wedge infiltrated with saline fluids from dehydration and decarbonation of subducting slab.
abstract: Slab-derived fluids play an important role in heat and material transfer in subduction zones. Dehydration and decarbonation reactions of minerals in the subducting slab have been investigated using phase equilibria and modeling of fluid flow. Nevertheless, direct observations of the fluid chemistry and pressure-temperature conditions of fluids are few. This report describes CO2-bearing saline fluid inclusions in spinel-harzburgite xenoliths collected from the 1991 Pinatubo pumice deposits. The fluid inclusions are filled with saline solutions with 5.1 ± 1.0% (wt) NaCl-equivalent magnesite crystals, CO2-bearing vapor bubbles, and a talc and/or chrysotile layer on the walls. The xenoliths contain tremolite amphibole, which is stable in temperatures lower than 830 °C at the uppermost mantle. The Pinatubo volcano is located at the volcanic front of the Luzon arc associated with subduction of warm oceanic plate. The present observation suggests hydration of forearc mantle and the uppermost mantle by slab-derived CO2-bearing saline fluids. Dehydration and decarbonation take place, and seawater-like saline fluids migrate from the subducting slab to the mantle wedge. The presence of saline fluids is important because they can dissolve more metals than pure H2O and affect the chemical evolution of the mantle wedge.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. kawamoto@bep.vgs.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: Ma Hannah T
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Mirabueno
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D017636:Asbestos, Amphibole / Q000737:chemistry*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D005843:Geography; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010679:Philippines; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D018707:Volcanic Eruptions; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D017636:Asbestos, Amphibole; D017640:Silicates; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C005846:tremolite; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D006108:Graphite; C005144:pumice
keywords: Raman microscopy; aqueous fluid; element recycle; island arc; metasomatism