Making of proto-planets by melting of chondrite at high-pressure

• Project/Area Number: 26287105
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Solid earth and planetary physics
• Research Institution: Ehime University
• Principal Investigator: GREAUX STEEVE 愛媛大学, 地球深部ダイナミクス研究センター, 特定研究員 (90543166)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 西 真之 愛媛大学, 地球深部ダイナミクス研究センター, 講師 (10584120) ; 河合 研志 東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 准教授 (20432007) ; 市川 浩樹 東京工業大学, 地球生命研究所, 研究員 (50570503) ; 丹下 慶範 公益財団法人高輝度光科学研究センター, 利用研究促進部門, 研究員 (70543164)
• Research Collaborator: STAGNO VINCENZO サピエンザ・ローマ大学, 地球科学科, 講師 (20749650) ; TATENO SHIGEHIKO 東京工業大学, 地球生命研究所, 研究員 (30572903)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,930,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥7,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,800,000)
• Keywords: chondrite / melting temperature / high pressure / magma ocean / planetary accretion / 個体地球物理学 / 地殻・マントル物質 / 地球・惑星内部構造 / コンドライト / mantle composition

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated the melting temperatures and phase relations of chondrite materials at high-pressure. The objective of this study is to understand early planetary differentiation processes such as core formation, mantle bulk composition and redox state of primordial mantle in early terrestrial planets. Melting experiments were carried out on natural carbonaceous (origin: Tagish Lake) and enstatite (origin: Sahara) chondrites at high pressure and temperatures using the multi-anvil apparatus. Our results show the effect of volatile on the melting temperature of Tagish Lake (CI2) and Sahara (EH3) with respect to Allende (CV3) meteorite and KLB1, respectively. We established the phase equilibria which can be used to derive a model of accretion and possible core segregation that takes into consideration the stability of carbon and hydrous species along with a Fe-Ni sulfide melt. This result leads to important implications for the evolution of the primordial mantle of terrestrial planets.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] High-pressure phase relation of KREEP basalts: A clue for finding the lost Hadean crust? (2018)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Nishi M., Tateno S., Kuwayama Y., Hirao N,, Kawai K., Maruyama S., Irifune T.
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors Volume: 274 Pages: 184-194
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.12.004
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] High-pressure phase transitions of anorthosite crust in the Earth’s deep mantle (2017)
  • Author(s): Nishi M., Greaux S., Tateno S., Kuwayama Y., Kawai K., Irifune T., Maruyama S.
  • Journal Title: Geoscience Frontiers Volume: in press Issue: 6 Pages: 1-13
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2017.10.002
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Garnets in the majorite-pyrope system: symmetry, lattice microstrain, and order-disorder of cations (2017)
  • Author(s): Liu Z., Du W., Shinmei T., Greaux S., Zhou C. Arimoto T., Kunimoto T. and Irifune T.
  • Journal Title: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Volume: 44(4) Issue: 4 Pages: 237-245
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00269-016-0852-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Subduction of the primordial crust into the deep mantle (2017)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa H.. Greaux S. and Azuma S.
  • Journal Title: Geoscience Frontiers Volume: 8(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 347-354
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2016.08.003
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Sound velocities of aluminum-bearing stishovite in the mantle transision zone (2016)
  • Author(s): S. Greaux, Y. Kono, Y. Wang, A. Yamada, C. Zhou, Z. Jing, T. Inoue, Y. Higo, T. Irifune, N. Sakamoto, H. Yurimoto
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters Volume: - Issue: 9 Pages: 4239-4246
  • DOI: 10.1002/2016gl068377
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Sound velocities of Fe3Al2Si3O12 almandine up to 19 GPa and 1700 K (2015)
  • Author(s): Arimoto T., Greaux S., Zhou C., Higo Y. and Irifune T.
  • Journal Title: Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors Volume: 246 Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.06.004
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Phase transitions of serpentine in the lower mantle (2015)
  • Author(s): Nishi, N., T. Irifune, S. Greaux, Y. Tange, and Y. Higo
  • Journal Title: Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. Volume: 245 Pages: 52-58
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2015.05.007
  • NAID: 130007617602
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Can clay minerals account for the non-asperity on the subducting plate interface? (2015)
  • Author(s): Katayama, I., T. Kubo, H. Sakuma and K. Kawai
  • Journal Title: Prog. Earth Planet. Sci. Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Pages: 30-30
  • DOI: 10.1186/s40645-015-0063-4
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Frictional characteristics of single and polycrystalline muscovite and influence of fluid chemistry (2015)
  • Author(s): Kawai, K., H. Sakuma, I. Katayama, and K. Tamura
  • Journal Title: J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth Volume: 120 Issue: 9 Pages: 6209-6218
  • DOI: 10.1002/2015jb012286
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Ultrapotassic magma from the deep mantle (2015)
  • Author(s): Ishikawa, A., and K. Kawai
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) Volume: 124 Pages: 515-523
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Elastic wave velocity of polycrystalline Mj80Py20 garnet to 21 Gpa and 2000 K (2015)
  • Author(s): Z. Liu, T. Irifune, S. Greaux, T. Arimoto, T. Shinmei, Y. Higo
  • Journal Title: Phys. Chem. Miner. Volume: 42(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 213-222
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00269-014-0712-y
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Compressibility of Ca3Al2Si3O12 perovskite up to 55 GPa (2014)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Andrault D., Gautron L., Bolfan-Casanova N. and Mezouar M.
  • Journal Title: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Volume: 41 Issue: 6 Pages: 419-429
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00269-014-0673-1
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] P-V-T equation of state of Mn3Al2Si3O12 spessartine garnet (2014)
  • Author(s): S. Greaux and A. Yamada
  • Journal Title: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Volume: 41 Issue: 2 Pages: 141-149
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00269-013-0632-2
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Sound velocity of Al-bearing hydrous and anhydrous bridgmanites under high pressure (2017)
  • Author(s): Inoue T., Greaux S., Noda M., Kakizawa S., Higo Y. and Tange Y.
  • Organizer: JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Makuhari Messe (Chiba-ken, Chiba)
  • Year and Date: 2017-05-20
• [Presentation] Study of magma ocean processes by high pressure melting experiments on natural chondrites (2017)
  • Author(s): Greaux, S., Tateno S., Nishi, M., Tange, Y., Irifune, T. and Maruyama, S.
  • Organizer: 4th ELSI symposium: Early Earth, Venus & Mars Three Experiments in Biological Origins
  • Place of Presentation: Kuramae Hall (Tokyo-ken, Tokyo)
  • Year and Date: 2017-01-12
• [Presentation] Sound velocity measurements using ultrasonic interferometry at lower mantle conditions (2017)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Irifune T., Higo Y., Inoue T., Noda M. and Arimoto T.
  • Organizer: 57th High Pressure Conference of Japan, Nagoya (Japan)
• [Presentation] Crystal structure refinement under high pressure and high temperature using CAESAR method (2017)
  • Author(s): Kakizawa S., Tange Y., Greaux S. and Higo Y.
  • Organizer: 57th High Pressure Conference of Japan, Nagoya (Japan)
• [Presentation] Sound velocities of CaSiO3 perovskite (2017)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Irifune T., Higo Y., Tange Y., Arimoto T., Liu Z. and Yamada A.
  • Organizer: 9th High Pressure Mineral Physics Seminar (HPMPS-9), St Malo (France)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The stability of an eclogitic clinopyroxene in the Earth’s mantle: an experimental investigation (2017)
  • Author(s): Stagno, V., Bonechi, B., Greaux S., Caruso, M. and Scarlato, P.
  • Organizer: SIMP-SGI-AIV-SoGeI Joint Meeting, Pisa (Italy)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] From carbon in meteorites to carbonatite rocks on the Earth’s surface: what’s in between? (2017)
  • Author(s): Stagno, V., Kono, Y., Greaux S., Kebukawa, Y., Stopponi, V., Scarlato, P., Lustrino, M. and Irifune, T.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt, Paris (France)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Melting Temperature of Tagish Lake (CI2) meteorite from 5 to 30 GPa (2017)
  • Author(s): Greaux, S., Stagno V. and Irifune, T.
  • Organizer: Goldschmidt, Paris (France)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sound velocity of Al-bearing bridgmanite under high pressure (2016)
  • Author(s): Inoue T., Greaux S., Noda M., Kakizawa S., Higo Y. and Tange Y.
  • Organizer: 56th High Pressure Conference of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: JMS Aster plaza, (Hiroshima-ken, Hiroshima)
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-10
• [Presentation] Making planets from melting of chondrites at ultra high-P and T. (2015)
  • Author(s): Greaux, S., Nishi, M., Tange, Y., Kawai, K., Ichikawa, H., Irifune, T. and Maruyama, S.
  • Organizer: Workshop: "The origin of the solar system, early evolution, and the birth of life"
  • Place of Presentation: Misasa, Okayama University (Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-12
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Direct sound velocity measurements of pyrolite across the mantle transition region (2015)
  • Author(s): Greaux, S., Irifune, T., Nishi, M., Higo, Y., Inoue, T., Arimoto, T. and Liu, Z.
  • Organizer: ELSI/Shingakujustu joint Workshop: "The Earth's Mantle and Core: Structure, Composition, Evolution”
  • Place of Presentation: Matsuyama, Ehime University (Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] effective temperature condition in the separation process of the core and the mantle (2015)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Hernlund, J., Labrosse, S. and Kameyama, M.
  • Organizer: ELSI/Shingakujustu joint Workshop: "The Earth's Mantle and Core: Structure, Composition, Evolution”
  • Place of Presentation: Matsuyama, Ehime University (Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sound velocities of Fe3Al2Si3O12 almandine up to 19 GPa and 1700 K (2015)
  • Author(s): Arimoto T., Greaux S., Zhou C., Higo Y. Shinmei T. Kawazoe T., Ohfuji H. and Irifune T.
  • Organizer: Joint AIRAPT-25 & EHPRG-53 International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology
  • Place of Presentation: Madrid (Spain)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The composition of the Earth's mantle: constraints from experiments at ultra-high pressure. (2015)
  • Author(s): Greaux, S., Nishi, M., Tange, Y., Stagno, V., Du, W., Irifune, T., Higo, Y., Kawai, K. and Maruyama, S.
  • Organizer: WPI site visit
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Recent progress for stability and water solubility of hydrous and nominally anhydrous minerals in the mantle (2015)
  • Author(s): Inoue T., Kakizawa S., Cai N., Fujino K., Kuribayashi T., Nagase T., Greaux S., Higo Y., Sakamoto N. and Yurimoto H.
  • Organizer: Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Makuhari
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-24 – 2015-05-28
• [Presentation] Effective metal-silicate equilibrium temperature during core formation (2015)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Hernlund, J., Labrosse, S. and Kameyama, M.
  • Organizer: Japan Geophysical Union Annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Makuhari, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Supply rate of continental materials by subduction of island arcs to the deep mantle (2015)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Kawai, K., Yamamoto, S. and Kameyama, M.
  • Organizer: Japan Geophysical Union Annual meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Makuhari, Tokyo (Japan)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Direct measurements of sound velocities of pyrolite aggregates under high pressure (2015)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Nishi M., Irifune T., Arimoto T., Liu Z. and Higo Y.
  • Organizer: 第2回愛媛大学先進超高圧科学研究拠点 (PRIUS)シンポジウムのご案内
  • Place of Presentation: Matsuyama
  • Year and Date: 2015-02-23 – 2015-02-24
• [Presentation] Sound velocities of pyrolite and the structure of the mantle transition zone (2015)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Nishi M., Irifune T., Arimoto T., Liu Z. and Higo Y.
  • Organizer: 3rd ELSI symposium : Life in the Universe
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-13 – 2015-01-15
• [Presentation] Elastic wave velocity of polycrystalline Mj80Py20 garnet to 21 GPa and 2000 K (2014)
  • Author(s): Liu Z., Irifune T., Greaux S., Arimoto T., Shinmei T. and Higo Y.
  • Organizer: 55th High Pressure Conference of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Tokushima
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-22 – 2014-11-24
• [Presentation] High P-T synthesis of transparent sintered bodies of submicron-polycrystalline garnets with various chemical compositions (2014)
  • Author(s): Irifune T., Arimoto T., Liu Z., Kawakami K., Greaux S., Shinmei T., Ohfuji H., Saitoh K. and Kimura M.
  • Organizer: 55th High Pressure Conference of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Tokushima
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-22 – 2014-11-24
• [Presentation] Sound velocities of pyrolite and the structure of the mantle transition zone (2014)
  • Author(s): Greaux S., Nishi M., Arimoto T., Liu Z., Higo Y. and Irifune T.
  • Organizer: 55th High Pressure Conference of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Tokushima
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-22 – 2014-11-24
• [Presentation] Synthesis of transparent polycristalline garnets and their elastic properties (2014)
  • Author(s): Irifune T., Arimoto T., Greaux S., Liu Z. and Higo Y.
  • Organizer: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-28 – 2014-08-01
• [Presentation] Chemical composition and stability of hydrous silicates in the lower mantle (2014)
  • Author(s): Nishi M., Irifune T., Greaux S., Tange Y. and Higo Y.
  • Organizer: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-28 – 2014-08-01
• [Book] The Earth's heterogeneous Mantle (2015)
  • Author(s): Ichikawa, H., Kawai, K., Yamamoto, S. and Kameyama, M.
  • Total Pages: 515
  • Publisher: Springer