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Upper Mantle Heterogeneity Recorded by Microstructures and Fluid Inclusions from Peridotite Xenoliths Beneath the Rio Grande Rift, USA

미국 리오 그란데 리프트 페리도타이트 포획암의 미구조와 유체포유물에 기록된 상부맨틀의 불균질성

  • Park, Munjae (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chungbuk National University)
  • 박문재 (충북대학교 지구환경과학과)
  • Received : 2022.09.18
  • Accepted : 2022.09.23
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

Mantle heterogeneity is closely related to the distribution and circulation of volatile components in the Earth's interior, and the behavior of volatiles in the mantle strongly influences the rheological properties of silicate rocks. In mantle xenoliths, these physicochemical properties of the upper mantle can be recorded in the form of microstructures and fluid inclusions. In this paper, I summarized and reviewed the results of previous studies related to the characteristics of microstructures and fluid inclusions from peridotite xenoliths beneath the Rio Grande Rift (RGR) in order to understand the evolution and heterogeneity of upper mantle. In the RGR, the mantle peridotites are mainly reported in the rift axis (EB: Elephant Butte, KB: Kilbourne Hole) and rift flank (AD: Adam's Diggings) regions. In the case of the former (EB and KB peridotites), the type-A lattice preferred orientation (LPO), formed under low-stress and low-water content, was reported. In the case of the latter (AD peridotites), the type-C LPO, formed under low-stress and high-water content, was reported. In particular, in the case of AD peridotites, at least two fluid infiltration events, such as early (type-1: CO2-N2) and late (type-2: CO2-H2O), have been recorded in orthopyroxene. The upper mantle heterogeneity recorded by these microstructures and fluid inclusions is considered to be due to the interaction between the North American plate and the Farallon plate.

맨틀 불균질성은 지구 내부의 휘발성 성분의 분포 및 순환과 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 맨틀에서 휘발성 물질의 거동은 규산염암의 유변학적 특성에도 큰 영향을 미친다. 이와 같은 상부맨틀의 물리화학적 특성은 미구조와 유체포유물의 형태로 맨틀 포획암에 기록될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 미국 리오 그란데 리프트 지역에서 산출되는 페리도타이트 포획암의 미구조와 유체포유물의 특성과 관련된 이전 연구결과들을 요약 및 리뷰하였으며, 이를 통해 이 지역의 상부맨틀의 진화과정과 불균질성에 대해 이해하고자 한다. 리오 그란데 리프트에서 맨틀 포획암이 산출되는 지역은 크게 리프트 중심부인 리프트 축(rift axis) 지역(EB: Elephant Butte, KB: Kilbourne Hole)과 리프트 연변부인 리프트 측면(rift flank) 지역(AD: Adam's Diggings)으로 나눠진다. 전자(EB 및 KB 페리도타이트)의 경우 응력이 낮고 물함량이 적은 조건에서 형성되는 type-A 격자선호방향이 보고되었고, 후자(AD 페리도타이트)의 경우 응력이 낮고 물함량이 많은 조건에서 형성되는 type-C 격자선호방향이 보고된 바 있다. 특히, AD 페리도타이트의 경우 초기(type-1: CO2-N2) 및 후기(type-2: CO2-H2O)와 같은 최소 두번의 유체 침투 사건이 사방휘석 내에 기록되어있다. 이와 같은 미구조 및 유체포유물에 기록된 상부맨틀의 불균질성은 북미 판과 Farallon 판 사이의 상호작용에 기인한 것으로 추정된다.

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이 논문은 2021년도 충북대학교 학술연구지원사업의 연구비 지원에 의하여 연구되었습니다. 논문 심사과정에서 유익한 조언을 해 주신 두 분의 심사위원님과 편집위원장님께 감사드립니다.

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