Oxygen fugacity across tectonic settings

E Cottrell, SK Birner, M Brounce… - Magma redox …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Experiment and observation have established the centrality of oxygen fugacity (f O 2) to
determining the course of igneous differentiation, and so the development and application of …

Oxidising agents in sub-arc mantle melts link slab devolatilisation and arc magmas

A Bénard, K Klimm, AB Woodland, RJ Arculus… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Subduction zone magmas are more oxidised on eruption than those at mid-ocean ridges.
This is attributed either to oxidising components, derived from subducted lithosphere (slab) …

Carbon Fluxes and Primary Magma CO2 Contents Along the Global Mid‐Ocean Ridge System

M Le Voyer, EH Hauri, E Cottrell… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The concentration of carbon in primary mid‐ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), and the
associated fluxes of CO2 outgassed at ocean ridges, is examined through new data …

Mantle plumes are oxidised

Y Moussallam, MA Longpré, C McCammon… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
From oxic atmosphere to metallic core, the Earth's components are broadly stratified with
respect to oxygen fugacity. A simple picture of reducing oxygen fugacity with depth may be …

Deep, hot, ancient melting recorded by ultralow oxygen fugacity in peridotites

SK Birner, E Cottrell, FA Davis, JM Warren - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The oxygen fugacity (f O2) of convecting upper mantle recorded by ridge peridotites varies
by more than four orders of magnitude,–. Although much attention has been given to …

[PDF][PDF] Sulfur loss from subducted altered oceanic crust and implications for mantle oxidation

JB Walters, AM Cruz-Uribe, HR Marschall - Geochemical Perspectives …, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
Subduction may influence the oxygen fugacity (f (fugacity (O f 2) of the mantle and mantle-
derived magmas through the introduction of hydrated and oxidised altered oceanic crust …

Mantle data imply a decline of oxidizable volcanic gases could have triggered the Great Oxidation

S Kadoya, DC Catling, RW Nicklas, IS Puchtel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Aerobic lifeforms, including humans, thrive because of abundant atmospheric O2, but for
much of Earth history O2 levels were low. Even after evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis …

The constant oxidation state of Earth's mantle since the Hadean

F Zhang, V Stagno, L Zhang, C Chen, H Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Determining the evolutionary history of mantle oxygen fugacity (f o2) is crucial, as it controls
the f o2 of mantle-derived melts and regulates atmospheric composition through volcanic …

Partitioning of Fe2O3 in peridotite partial melting experiments over a range of oxygen fugacities elucidates ferric iron systematics in mid-ocean ridge basalts and …

FA Davis, E Cottrell - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2021 - Springer
Basalts and peridotites from mid-ocean ridges record f O2 near the quartz-fayalite-magnetite
buffer (QFM), but peridotite partial melting experiments have mostly been performed in …

Europium in plagioclase-hosted melt inclusions reveals mantle melting modulates oxygen fugacity

N Dygert, GK Ustunisik, RL Nielsen - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
To gain insights into the composition and heterogeneity of Earth's interior, the partial
pressure of oxygen (oxygen fugacity, or f O2) in igneous rocks is characterized. A surprising …