Paper No. 33-0
DIFFUSION OF C AND O IN CALCITE FROM 0.1 TO 200 MPA
LABOTKA, Theodore C., Univ Tennessee - Knoxville, 306 G & G Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, tlabotka@utk.edu, RICIPUTI, Lee R., Chemical & Analytical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6365, FAYEK, Mostafa, Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, 306 Geology Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996, and COLE, David R., Oak Ridge National Lab, MS 6110, PO Box 2008, Bldg. 4500-S, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6110

We have determined the self diffusion of C and O in calcite over the temperature range of 600-800 °C at pressures ranging from 0.1 to 200 MPa. Single crystals of calcite were heated in cold-seal hydrothermal vessels for periods ranging from 7 to 147 d. The crystals were encapsulated in platinum with 13C18O2. After heating, we measured the profiles of 13C/(13C + 12C) and 18O/(18O + 16O) by sputtering the sample in the SIMS ion microprobe. In most samples, diffusion profiles were limited to within 1 µm of the surface. The diffusivity of O at 800 °C changes little over the investigated pressure range and has a value of ~10-14 cm2/s. At pressures greater than ~25 MPa and at 800 °C, the diffusivity of C decreases slightly with increasing pressure, decreasing from 3 x 10-16 cm2/s at 25 MPa to 6 x 10-17 cm2/s at 200 MPa. The value of [ (log DC)/ p]800 °C is -0.004 log (cm2/s)/MPa. At low pressure, the diffusivity of C at 800 °C is substantially greater than at high pressure. At 0.1 MPa and 800 °C, the diffusivity of C is comparable to that of O. The measured C diffusion profiles at low pressure, though, are complex in detail, as seen in the figure. Carbon seems to undergo a change in mechanism of diffusion at a pressure corresponding to near surface environments.

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