Degassing-induced fractionation of multiple sulphur isotopes unveils post-Archaean recycled oceanic crust signal in hotspot lava

Patrick Beaudry (), Marc-Antoine Longpré, Rita Economos, Boswell A. Wing, Thi Hao Bui and John Stix
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Patrick Beaudry: City University of New York
Marc-Antoine Longpré: City University of New York
Rita Economos: Southern Methodist University
Boswell A. Wing: McGill University
Thi Hao Bui: McGill University
John Stix: McGill University

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Mantle source regions feeding hotspot volcanoes likely contain recycled subducted material. Anomalous sulphur (S) isotope signatures in hotspot lavas have tied ancient surface S to this deep geological cycle, but their potential modification by shallow magmatic processes has generally been overlooked. Here we present S isotope measurements in magmatic sulphides, silicate melt inclusions and matrix glasses from the recent eruption of a hotspot volcano at El Hierro, Canary Islands, which show that degassing induces strongly negative δ34S fractionation in both silicate and sulphide melts. Our results reflect the complex interplay among redox conditions, S speciation and degassing. The isotopic fractionation is mass dependent (Δ33S = 0‰), thus lacking evidence for the recycled Archaean crust signal recently identified at other hotspot volcanoes. However, the source has an enriched signature (δ34S ~ + 3‰), which supports the presence of younger 34S-rich recycled oceanic material in the Canary Island mantle plume.

Date: 2018
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