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Physics of melt extraction from the mantle : speed and style

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05/2022
Author
Katz, Richard F.
Rees Jones, David W.
Rudge, John F.
Keller, Tobias
Keywords
Magma
Asthenosphere
Rheology
Partial melting
Channelization
Dunite
Rock microstructure
Mid-ocean ridge
Subduction
QC Physics
QE Geology
NDAS
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Abstract
Melt extraction from the partially molten mantle is among the fundamental processes shaping the solid Earth today and over geological time. A diversity of properties and mechanisms contribute to the physics of melt extraction. We review progress of the past ∼25 years of research in this area, with a focus on understanding the speed and style of buoyancy-driven melt extraction. Observations of U-series disequilibria in young lavas and the surge of deglacial volcanism in Iceland suggest this speed is rapid compared to that predicted by the null hypothesis of diffuse porous flow. The discrepancy indicates that the style of extraction is channelized. We discuss how channelization is sensitive to mechanical and thermochemical properties and feedbacks, and to asthenospheric heterogeneity. We review the grain-scale physics that underpins these properties and hence determines the physical behavior at much larger scales. We then discuss how the speed of melt extraction is crucial to predicting the magmatic response to glacial and sea-level variations. Finally, we assess the frontier of current research and identify areas where significant advances are expected over the next 25 years. In particular, we highlight the coupling of melt extraction with more realistic models of mantle thermochemistry and rheological properties. This coupling will be crucial in understanding complex settings such as subduction zones. ▪ Mantle melt extraction shapes Earth today and over geological time. ▪ Observations, lab experiments, and theory indicate that melt ascends through the mantle at speeds ∼30 m/year by reactively channelized porous flow. ▪ Variations in sea level and glacial ice loading can cause significant changes in melt supply to submarine and subaerial volcanoes. ▪ Fluid-driven fracture is important in the lithosphere and, perhaps, in the mantle wedge of subduction zones, but remains a challenge to model.
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Katz , R F , Rees Jones , D W , Rudge , J F & Keller , T 2022 , ' Physics of melt extraction from the mantle : speed and style ' , Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences , vol. 50 , pp. 508-540 . https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-083704
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Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-083704
ISSN
0084-6597
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2022 the Authors. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the author created submitted manuscript before peer review and may differ from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-083704.
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Funding: This research received funding from the European Research Council under Horizon 2020 research and innovation program grant agreement number 772255. The authors thank the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences for its hospitality during the programme Melt in the Mantle which was supported by EPSRC Grant Number EP/K032208/1.
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http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/FQQHQJSEXNDU3EXPTEVD/full/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-083704
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/25033

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