Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile content of Earth's upper mantle

By A. Saal, E. Hauri, C. Langmuir, M. Perfit. Nature, 2002

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Water in the Moon's interior: Truth and consequences (2015, methodology): “…0.8 0.42 ± 0.13 a Estimated from diffusion modeling, Saal et al. (2008). b Highest ratios measured in 74 220 melt inclusions (this study). c Depleted MORB averages from Saal et al. (2002). others (Chou et al., 1975; Cirlin et al., 1978; Krähenbühl, 1980; Thode and Rees, 1976; Wasson et al., 1976).”
Electrical conductivity of hydrous basaltic melts: implications for partial melting in the upper mantle (2011, methodology): “The presence of carbon will generate an additional reduction in the melting point and additional albeit smaller contributions may result from other volatile elements such as sulfur (146 ppm) and fluorine (16 ppm; Saal et al. 2002 ).”
The origins and concentrations of water, carbon, nitrogen and noble gases on Earth (2014, background): “The bulk Earth water content between of 2700±1350 ppm, corresponding to 10±5 ocean masses, is one order of magnitude higher than estimates of the upper mantle water content based on the H2O/Ce ratios ( 50-200 ppm, ≤ 1 ocean mass in the mantle, Michael, 1988; Saal et al., 2002).”
The abundance, distribution, and isotopic composition of Hydrogen in the Moon as revealed by basaltic lunar samples: Implications for the volatile inventory of the Moon (2013, result): “These values are also similar to the range of 7–40 ppm H estimated for the terrestrial mantle (e.g., Saal et al., 2002; Albarède, 2009) and with Table 2 Results of the calculations carried out to estimate the H contents of the mantle source regions of the studied low-Ti basalts from the OH…”
Water, Melting, and the Deep Earth H 2 O Cycle (2006, background): “…ridge basalts (MORBs) indicate the mantle beneath normal ridges has between 50 and 200 ppm H2O (Michael 1988, 1995; Danyushevsky et al. 2000; Dixon et al. 2002; Saal et al. 2002; Simons et al. www.annualreviews.org • Water, Melting, and Deep Earth H2O Cycle 631 OIB: oceanic island basalt 2002).”
Heterogeneous distribution of H2O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2O in depleted and enriched mantle sources (2016, methodology): “…been successfully implemented using igneous rocks on Earth to estimate H2O abundances in various source regions within the terrestrial mantle (e.g., Saal et al. 2002; Workman et al. 2006; Hirschmann and Dasgupta 2009; Cabral et al. 2014), although the uncertainty of such estimates is innately…”
Lateral variation in upper mantle viscosity: role of water (2004, positive): “, [96]) confirm that the source region for arc lavas (f 100 km depth) is anomalously wet (f 250 to 2500 ppm H2O) compared to mantle sources for MORB (f 50–450 ppm H2O [33,53,96–100] and OIB (f 400 to 1000 ppm H2O [89,100–105]).”
The sulfur content of volcanic gases on Mars (2009, methodology): “This yields a sulfur abundance of the Earth mantle (Ssilicate) of 250 ppm, as inferred from geochemical arguments ([McDonough and Sun, 1995] and Saal et al., 2002 A.E. Saal, E.H. Hauri, C.H. Langmuir and M.R. Perfit, Vapour undersaturation in primitive mid-ocean-ridge basalt and the volatile…”
A theoretical framework for volcanic degassing chemistry in a comparative planetology perspective and implications for planetary atmospheres (2014, background): “Estimates of volatile c n ents in basalts produced by planetary mantles, either direct (Marty, 2012; Stanley et al., 2011; Saal et al., 2002, 2008; Hauri et al., 2011) or indirect (Gaillard et al., 2013; Kerber et al., 2009; McCubbin et al., 2010), are of a few thousand ppm at best for each of the…”
Feedback between deglaciation, volcanism, and atmospheric CO2 (2009, methodology): “1Gt CO2/year (Marty and Tolstikhin, 1998; Saal et al., 2002; Cartigny et al., 2008), consistent with CO2 concentrations being ten times less and eruption volumes being eight times greater than at arcs.”
Hydrous melting of the martian mantle produced both depleted and enriched shergottites (2012, neutral): “This volume [16] Saal et al. (2002) Nature 419.”