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DOI	10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116171
	The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models
	Yan J.; Ballmer M.D.; Tackley P.J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0012821X
卷号	537
英文摘要	A better understanding of the Earth's compositional structure is needed to place the geochemical record of surface rocks into the context of Earth accretion and evolution. Cosmochemical constraints imply that lower-mantle rocks may be enriched in silica relative to upper-mantle pyrolite, whereas geophysical observations support whole-mantle convection and mixing. To resolve this discrepancy, it has been suggested that subducted mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB) segregates from subducted harzburgite to accumulate in the mantle transition zone (MTZ) and/or the lower mantle. However, the key parameters that control basalt segregation and accumulation remain poorly constrained. Here, we use global-scale 2D thermochemical convection models to investigate the influence of mantle-viscosity profile, planetary-tectonic style and bulk composition on the evolution and distribution of mantle heterogeneity. Our models robustly predict that, for all cases with Earth-like tectonics, a basalt-enriched reservoir is formed in the MTZ, and a harzburgite-enriched reservoir is sustained at 660∼800 km depth, despite ongoing whole-mantle circulation. The enhancement of basalt and harzburgite in and beneath the MTZ, respectively, are laterally variable, ranging from ∼30% to 50% basalt fraction, and from ∼40% to 80% harzburgite enrichment relative to pyrolite. Models also predict an accumulation of basalt near the core mantle boundary (CMB) as thermochemical piles, as well as moderate enhancement of most of the lower mantle by basalt. While the accumulation of basalt in the MTZ does not strongly depend on the mantle-viscosity profile (explained by a balance between basalt delivery by plumes and removal by slabs at the given MTZ capacity), that of the lowermost mantle does: lower-mantle viscosity directly controls the efficiency of basalt segregation (and entrainment) near the CMB; upper-mantle viscosity has an indirect effect through controlling slab thickness. Finally, the composition of the bulk-silicate Earth may be shifted relative to that of upper-mantle pyrolite, if indeed significant reservoirs of basalt exist in the MTZ and lower mantle. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
关键词	chemical heterogeneity compositional mantle layering mantle transition zone recycled oceanic crust thermochemical convection
英文关键词	Geodynamics; Recycling; Silica; Silicates; Structural geology; Tectonics; Viscosity; Chemical heterogeneities; Geophysical observations; Lower mantle viscosities; Mantle layering; Mantle transition zone; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Recycled oceanic crusts; Thermo-chemical convection models; Basalt
语种	英语
来源期刊	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/202981
作者单位	Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yan J.,Ballmer M.D.,Tackley P.J.. The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models[J],2020,537.
APA	Yan J.,Ballmer M.D.,&Tackley P.J..(2020).The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models.Earth and Planetary Science Letters,537.
MLA	Yan J.,et al."The evolution and distribution of recycled oceanic crust in the Earth's mantle: Insight from geodynamic models".Earth and Planetary Science Letters 537(2020).