V052
Volatile Element Distribution and Cycling in the Solid Earth: Budgets, Fluxes, and Behavior
Volatile Element Distribution and Cycling in the Solid Earth: Budgets, Fluxes, and Behavior
Session ID#: 76488
Session Description:
Volatile elements (e.g., H, C, N, S, halogens, noble gases) are an important suite of chemical tracers of solid Earth processes. Despite relatively low abundances, volatiles can play key roles in controlling the mantle’s melting behavior and rheology, as well as the dynamics of volcanic eruptions. Volatiles are also important passive tracers of global tectonic/convective processes. Yet, many first-order questions regarding the distribution and cycling of volatiles in solid Earth remain poorly constrained. These questions include their concentrations in the major terrestrial reservoirs across different tectonic settings, the fluxes between these reservoirs, the processes that control these concentrations and fluxes, and their relation to nonvolatile tracers such as lithophile isotope systems. This session aims to bring together broad expertise, welcoming submissions based on natural observations, experiments, or modeling that address geochemical distributions and behavior of volatiles, as well as how they affect and are affected by solid Earth processes.
Index Terms:
1030 Geochemical cycles [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1038 Mantle processes [GEOCHEMISTRY]
8430 Volcanic gases [VOLCANOLOGY]
Primary Convener: Chelsea M Allison, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States
Conveners: Jonathan Tucker, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, MA, United States, Maryjo N Brounce, University of California Riverside, Earth Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States and Michael Bizimis, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean and the Environment, Columbia, SC, United States
Primary Liaison: Chelsea M Allison, Cornell University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States
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