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Redox control of the partitioning of platinum and palladium into magmatic sulfide liquids
- Source :
- Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract The partitioning behavior of platinum group elements in magmas is critical for their use as tracers of planetary accretion and in understanding magmatic sulfide deposits. Here we use laboratory experiments to determine sulfide liquid–silicate melt partition coefficients for platinum and palladium at 1.5 GPa, 1400 °C, and oxygen fugacity 1.5–2 log units above the fayalite–magnetite–quartz buffer. We find that the partitioning coefficients of these elements are 2.3 × 105 to 1.1 × 106 and are independent of the platinum and palladium concentration in the system. Combined with previous data obtained at oxygen fugacity below the fayalite–magnetite–quartz buffer, this indicates redox-controlled partitioning behavior whereby at oxidizing conditions platinum- and palladium-enrichments are achieved through their dissolution in sulfide liquids, while at reducing conditions the entrapment of platinum- and palladium-rich clusters in sulfide liquids is more critical. This redox-controlled partitioning behavior should be considered when studying crust–mantle differentiation and the formation of magmatic sulfide deposits.
- Subjects :
- Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26624435
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Communications Earth & Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8363733e08044d7cba53d53755418222
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01366-y