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Article

High Sulfur in Primitive Arc Magmas, Its Origin and Implications

by
Michael Zelenski
1,*,
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
1,2,
Nikolai Nekrylov
1 and
Alkiviadis Kontonikas-Charos
3
1
Institute of Experimental Mineralogy RAS, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia
2
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, FEB RAS, 683006 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
3
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Minerals 2022, 12(1), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010037
Submission received: 16 November 2021 / Revised: 16 December 2021 / Accepted: 21 December 2021 / Published: 26 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid, Melt and Solid Inclusions as a Petrogenetic Indicators)
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Abstract

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Sulfur contents in 98.5% of melt inclusions (MI) from calc-alkaline subduction basalts do not exceed 4000 ppm, whereas experimentally established limits of sulfur solubility in basaltic melts with high fO2 (characteristic of subduction zones, e.g., QFM + 2) surpass 14,000 ppm. Here we show that primitive (Mg# 62-64) subduction melts may contain high sulfur, approaching the experimental limit of sulfur solubility. Up to 11,700 ppm S was measured in olivine-hosted MI from primitive arc basalt from the 1941 eruption of the Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka. These MI often contain magmatic sulfide globules (occasionally enriched in Cu, Ni, and platinum-group elements) and anhydrite enclosed within a brown, oxidized glass. We conclude that the ubiquitous low sulfur contents in MI may originate either from insufficient availability of sulfur in the magma generation zone or early magma degassing prior to inclusion entrapment. Our findings extend the measured range of sulfur concentrations in primitive calc-alkaline basaltic melts and demonstrate that no fundamental limit of 4000 ppm S exists for relatively oxidized subduction basalts, where the maximum sulfur content may approach the solubility limit determined by crystallization of magmatic anhydrite.

1. Introduction

The behavior of sulfur in magmatic systems is complex and not fully understood due to the fact that sulfur has several valence states from −2 to +6 and may form solid, liquid, or gaseous compounds, which are simultaneously present in magma. Spectroscopic methods show that silicate melt may contain sulfate (S6+), sulfide (S2−), or both sulfur species [1]. According to the experimental data, sulfur concentration in silicate melts is limited by the exsolution of a sulfur-containing phase. Depending on fO2, external pressure, and melt composition, this phase may be either a sulfide melt, a sulfate phase (in most cases, crystals of magmatic anhydrite (CaSO4)), or solid sulfides (pyrrhotite) in the case of a relatively low-temperature silica-rich melt [2].
The solubility of sulfide in silicate melt controls the separation of sulfide liquid and, hence, the formation of magmatic sulfide deposits [3,4], whereas the solubility of sulfate is critical for assessing the extent of sulfur degassing during volcanic eruptions, e.g., [5]. For more than half a century, empirical, semi-empirical, and thermodynamic models have attempted to estimate the solubility of sulfide and sulfate in magma [2] based on melt composition, fO2, temperature, pressure, the presence of an aqueous fluid, and other parameters, e.g., [5,6,7,8,9]. The sulfur content in silicate melt in equilibrium with sulfide melt (SCSS, sulfur content at sulfide saturation) typically does not exceed 1300 ppm S in a reducing environment (fO2 ≤ QFM [3], and references therein). With an increase in oxygen fugacity, the solubility of sulfur in the silicate melt increases, and at fO2 ~ QFM + 1…2 is determined by equilibrium with magmatic anhydrite (SCAS, sulfur content at anhydrite saturation), reaching at most 14,000 ppm S for dry basaltic melts at 1 GPa [3,4]. This oxygen fugacity is not fixed and depends on the silicate melt composition and, to a lesser extent, pressure, e.g., [2], and references therein, [10,11]. The situation is even more complicated in the presence of a fluid phase in which sulfur is present predominantly in the form of H2S (S2−) and SO2 (S4+), and where sulfur is redistributed in accordance with the equilibrium partition coefficients in the melt-fluid system. These coefficients largely depend on pressure, e.g., [12], fO2, and FeO content [13], and the degree of the melt polymerization [2].
In the meantime, concentrations of volatile components in magmas, including sulfur, are primarily obtained from studies of melt inclusions (MI) [14]. High sulfur concentrations measured experimentally in basaltic melts (~14,000 ppm S [3]) have not yet been observed in natural calc-alkaline basalts. The maximum sulfur in island arc melts (excluding exotic alkaline rocks such as basanite, leucite basanite, and minette [15,16]) was measured in melt inclusions at approximately 6000 ppm S, e.g., [17,18], with 99% of measurements being below 4300 ppm S (98.5% below 4000 ppm S), and a mean of only 1030 ppm. In most cases, the low sulfur content in MI does not reflect initial concentrations in the melt, as sulfur may have degassed before entrapment or could have fractionated into shrinkage bubbles within the inclusions [19]. It is unclear why the upper limit in S-rich MI is approximately 4000 ppm. Currently, no fundamental physicochemical factors are known that could limit sulfur solubility in silicate melt below SCSS or SCAS in the presence of a sulfide/sulfate phase, respectively. Therefore, low sulfur concentrations in natural MI may simply reflect the initially low sulfur availability in the slab fluid, slab melt, or mantle wedge in the magma generation zone.
Here we present new data from naturally occurring S-rich melt inclusions from primitive arc basalts in an attempt to resolve the apparent contradiction between high sulfur in experimental basaltic melts, much lower sulfur concentrations in natural melt inclusions, and the possible fractionation of sulfur into shrinkage bubbles within inclusions. According to these data, up to 11,700 ppm S was measured in MI in olivine crystals from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption. Such a high concentration is more than twice the previously measured concentrations of sulfur in primitive arc basalts and is close to the limiting value of sulfur solubility in oxidized basaltic melts as determined experimentally.

2. Sampling and Methods

Samples of basaltic scoria and ablated olivine crystals (remnants of melt were blown away) were collected from the foot of the 1941 eruptive cone of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka (55.790° N, 160.336° E, Supplementary Figures S1 and S2). Similarly, olivine-bearing tephra was sampled at the foot of the eruptive cone during the Tolbachik eruption in July 2013 (55.765° N, 160.318° E). In the laboratory, scoria was crushed, and the heavy fraction containing olivine was separated in a heavy liquid with a density of 2.97 (tetrabromoethane). Olivine crystals 0.5–3 mm in size, containing large (>50 μm) naturally quenched melt inclusions, were manually picked under a stereomicroscope. Inclusions were exposed at the surface and polished using 1 μm diamond powder. Preliminary assessment of concentrations of rock-forming elements, sulfur, and chlorine in MI was performed using an electron microscope with an energy-dispersive spectrometer (Vega Tescan II XMU, Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Chernogolovka). The following operating conditions were used: accelerating voltage of 20 kV, beam current of 0.3 nA, and counting time of 100 s. Quantitative analysis of MI compositions were performed on a Cameca SX100 electron microprobe (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow). Analytical conditions were 15 kV accelerating voltage, 40 nA probe current, 10 μm defocused spot, and counting times of 20 s for major elements and 100 s for sulfur and chlorine; matrix effects were corrected using the ZAF method. The calibration standards were quartz (Si), rutile (Ti), San Carlos olivine (Mg, Fe), albite (Na, Al), CaWO4 (Ca), orthoclase (K), MnO (Mn), BaSO4 (S), and scapolite (Cl). Whole-rock major and trace elements were determined by XRF and ICP-MS in the Geoscience Laboratories, Sudbury, Ontario. The volatile contents (H2O, CO2, F, S, and Cl) and isotopic composition of sulfur (δ34S) in selected melt inclusions were measured on a Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) CAMECA IMS 1280 HR2 (Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques, Nancy, France) following the technique described by Hauri et al. [20] and Gurenko et al. [21]. Only the inclusions from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption were studied by SIMS, the inclusions from the 2013 eruption were analyzed using EMPA (CAMECA SX100 electron microprobe, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry RAS, Moscow, Russia) Details of the analytical methods used for the ion microprobe volatile and isotopic measurements can be found in Gurenko et al. [21], Kamenetsky et al. [22], and Gurenko [23]. The SIMS method is considered one of the most up-to-date and accurate methods for measuring concentrations of volatile components (H2O, CO2, F, S, and Cl) in glasses, but requires the most expensive equipment.

3. Results

3.1. Rocks and Melt Inclusions of Tolbachik

Scoria from the 1941 eruption of Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, contains 50.5–51.0 wt.% SiO2, 8.7–8.9 wt.% MgO, and 1.3–1.4 wt.% K2O (Supplementary Table S1). The Mg# reaches 62–64, i.e., it can be characterized as primitive high-K magnesian basalt. The rock contains 3%–4% olivine phenocrysts with normal zonation (Figure 1A) and Mg# ranging from 85 to 92. Olivine crystals are typically 1–3 mm in size but can be up to 8 mm. Rare crystals of chromium spinel (Cr# ~ 65–75, Mg# ~ 58–63), up to 3 mm in size, are also present. Crystals of pyroxene are rare. The groundmass contains smaller crystals of olivine, clinopyroxene, plagioclase, Ti-magnetite, and glass. See Kamenetsky et al. [22] for further details on rock and phenocrysts compositions. Concentrations of all rock-forming and trace elements in basalt from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption are given in Supplementary Table S1.
Naturally quenched MI occurs exclusively in scoria or ablated olivine crystals (Figure 1), whereas lavas only contain crystallized MI. Inclusions from scoria contain either transparent glass (Figure 1B) or a fine crystalline aggregate composed of µm-sized crystallites (Figure 1C). Quenched MI from Tolbachik containing the fine crystalline aggregate differs from slowly cooled inclusions in which sizes of daughter crystals are comparable to the size of the inclusion (Supplementary Figure S3). Glass in the quenched inclusions ranges from light yellow, almost colorless and transparent (Figure 1B, Supplementary Figure S4), to translucent dark brown (Figure 1C, inclusions # 2–3, Supplementary Figures S5 and S6) or opaque dark gray. The latter is due to the presence of sub µm-sized crystals of clinopyroxene, anhydrite, and magnetite. Olivine crystals may contain both transparent (glassy) and opaque (finely crystallized) inclusions (Figure 1C). As the quenching rate is the same for adjacent inclusions, this difference in appearance likely reflects varying compositions of the inclusions. Analyses indicate systematically higher volatile contents (H2O, F, S, and Cl) in finely crystallized inclusions. The difference in appearance between glassy and crystallized melt inclusions located in the same crystal can be explained by the fact that high volatile content in a silicate melt promotes a high nucleation rate of crystal nuclei, e.g., [24] and faster crystal growth due to a decrease in the viscosity of the melt, e.g., [25,26]. This is why less viscous basaltic melt containing a lot of water crystallizes faster and does not form glass upon quenching, e.g., [27], despite the lower crystallization temperature of water-saturated silicate melts. The works cited above consider the influence of water in the melt on the nucleation rate and crystal growth; however, according to our observations, sulfur can cause the same effect.
The composition of the glass (or the fine-crystalline aggregate) in the inclusions corresponds to basaltic melt, which is close to the bulk composition of lavas from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption (Table 1, Supplementary Table S1). The average content of MgO and FeO in inclusions (7.73 wt.% on a volatile-free basis) is slightly lower than those in lavas (8.8 wt.%), which can be explained by olivine crystallization on the inclusion walls. We did not perform correction of melt inclusions for in-situ olivine crystallization in order to preserve the compatibility with the large data set from the GEOROC database where mostly raw data (without on-wall correction) are published. A detailed description of the composition of MI from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption, including those corrected for olivine crystallization on the inclusion walls, is given in Kamenetsky et al. [22]. According to these authors, the compositions of MI after correction correspond to much more primitive melts than the bulk composition of lavas of the 1941 Tolbachik eruption. For uncorrected compositions of the inclusions in the study, variations of metal contents are observed within a wide range (data below is given for the most common compositions, with 5% of extremely high and low values being truncated): Na2O—1.43%–3.34%, MgO—3.65%–9.07%, Al2O3—12.33%–16.88%, K2O—0.54%–1.65%, CaO—9.93%–15.91%, Fe as total FeO—6.45%–10.48%, and SiO2—45.09%–52.55%. Such variability in MI compositions can be caused by the mixing between magma of different compositions, the evolution of magma, and the assimilation of crustal material [22].
Supplementary Table S1 also contains data for MI from the 2013 Tolbachik eruption. These data are not discussed in detail because they are represented by inclusions that have undergone a significant degree of degassing. The data are used only for comparison of sulfur and chlorine contents in Figure 2 to demonstrate that MI in olivines from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption contain much more sulfur (there was virtually no degassing before the 1941 inclusions were entrapped).

3.2. Volatile Components in Melt Inclusions

Volatiles in the inclusions were measured by Electron Microprobe Analysis (EMPA) and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) methods. EMPA provides data for F, S, and Cl with a typical accuracy of around ± 100 ppm. Table 1 shows concentrations of volatiles (measured by SIMS) and rock-forming oxides (measured by EDS) for 38 melt inclusions. Additional information on sulfur, chlorine, and rock-forming oxides concentrations from another 343 melt inclusions from the 1941 and 2013 Tolbachik eruptions, and 25 measurements of matrix glass from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption are provided in Supplementary Table S2.
Aside from sulfur, concentrations of volatile elements (Table 1) are characteristic of melt inclusions in olivine from subduction volcanoes: H2O up to 5.43%, CO2 up to 7600 ppm, F up to 870 ppm, and Cl up to 1600 ppm. Sulfur concentrations obtained via SIMS are approximately in the same range as those measured by EMPA or EDS (545–11700 ppm). No significant correlations between volatiles are observed, except from that between S and Cl which is likely related to the degassing trend (Figure 2). For comparison, melt inclusions from the 2013 Tolbachik eruption and compositions of groundmass glass from basaltic scoria are also shown.
Some inclusions (~2–3%) do not follow the typical degassing trend and record increased sulfur concentrations ranging from 4000–11700 ppm. Such inclusions tend to have darker (brown or dark gray) colors (Figure 1C and Figure 5, Supplementary Figures S5 and S6) and are often represented by a fine crystalline aggregate rather than glass (Figure 5B). This fine-crystalline aggregate crystallized inside the inclusion, and thus, the average composition of the inclusion should accurately reflect the composition of the melt. In order to avoid analytical errors caused by possible non-uniform distribution of the analyzed substances (e.g., sulfur), multiple spots (typically, 3–5) were placed during the volatile component analyzes. The deviation from the mean over three points for most inclusions was no more than 3.5% and for some inclusions, it was less than 1%, including high-sulfur ones (9755 ppm S, inclusion N-3-1). Such small deviations indicate a high degree of sulfur homogeneity in the melt. Only several inclusions had a larger deviation from the average over three points of up to 10–25%. These data show that the applied analysis technique adequately reflects the composition of the initial silicate melt entrapped in the inclusions.
This difference in color makes it easier to identify S-rich melt inclusions. Many of these are associated with sulfide globules and/or the presence of crystalline anhydrite. The main population of MI from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption contains ≤4000 ppm S, with a mode of ~2500 ppm, and a relatively normal statistical distribution (Figure 3). Based on limited data, we can infer that the S-rich MI may have a mode of ~8000 ppm.

3.3. Isotopic Composition of Sulfur

Along with volatile components, the isotopic composition of sulfur in 35 melt inclusions was measured by SIMS (Table 1, Figure 4). The δ34S values range from 4.69 ± 2.03 ‰ (2σ), with a mean almost identical to the global average for island-arc rocks (δ34S = +4.5 ‰, Figure 3) and the sulfur isotopic compositions of the eruptive gases from the 2013 Tolbachik eruption (δ34S = +4.5, our data). No significant correlations between δ34S and total S, or any other element or volatile component were observed. According to Gurenko, A.A. [23], sulfur in MI from scoria does not form significant correlations with either volatile elements or rock-forming oxides, which is in agreement with our observations.

3.4. High Sulfur, Magmatic Sulfides, and Anhydrite

Most inclusions with anomalously high sulfur (≥4000 ppm) contain magmatic sulfides and anhydrite, however, some may only host transparent glass (Figure 5 and Figure 6). The sulfur concentrations in sulfide-hosting and sulfide-free inclusions overlap each other to a large extent (Figure 3), although the maximum sulfur concentrations (11,700 ppm) are only recorded in sulfide-containing inclusions. Sulfide globules are observed either directly inside a high-sulfur melt inclusion, or within the same olivine crystal but adjacent to the melt inclusions (Figure 1D and Figure 6).
In addition to sulfide, some melt inclusions host anhydrite. Morphologies of anhydrite aggregates differ from round or deformed globules (up to 20–30 µm; Figure 7A,B and Figure 8) to µm-sized globules (Figure 7C, Figure 8) and larger crystals (Figure 7D). Small anhydrite globules and crystals likely formed during cooling of the sulfur-rich melt captured in the inclusion. Larger anhydrite globules (e.g., Figure 7A,B and Figure 8) could not form inside the inclusion during crystallization, as the total mass of the globules significantly exceeds the amount of anhydrite that can dissolve in a given volume of silicate melt. For example, the total mass calculated for two anhydrite globules within the inclusion from Figure 7a is approximately 7% of the volume of the melt, accounting for the volume of globules and the densities of the melt and anhydrite. The deformed globule in Figure 7B occupies ~50% of the residual volume of the inclusion, aside from sulfide and spinel. The large volume of anhydrite, as well as the isometric shape of the globules, indicates the presence of magmatic anhydrite in the basaltic silicate melt at the time of inclusion entrapment by olivine.

4. Discussion

4.1. Melt Evolution and Comparison with GEOROC Database

Sulfur concentrations in the Tolbachik MI are normally distributed up until 4000 ppm, whereas the lower tail of distribution extends into a higher concentration range approaching 12,000 ppm (Figure 3). In contrast, the distribution of sulfur concentrations from island arc melt inclusions worldwide (GEOROC database) is very close to exponential across the range of 0–7000 ppm (Figure 9). This exponential increase in low sulfur concentrations is likely attributed to melt degassing prior to magma entrapment [3] and does not reflect the initial sulfur content in magmas. Therefore, we can tentatively suggest that the absence of S-poor MI from the Tolbachik 1941 eruption (e.g., Figure 3) indicates that degassing had a relatively weak effect on sulfur concentration in our samples.
Previous studies have used the incompatible nature of K and S during melt evolution as geochemical tracers of magmatic processes [14]. These authors argue that low S/K2O ratios in MI are the result of degassing. However, these elements may behave differently in certain environments. Sulfur is incompatible in the absence of sulfide or sulfate immiscibility and magma degassing [14], while potassium also remains in the melt at high degrees of evolution, at least until K-dominant phases begin to precipitate (e.g., amphibole, mica, and K-feldspar). Concentrations of both elements in the melt increase with lower degrees of partial melting of mantle peridotite. An important control of sulfur solubility is fO2 in a silicate melt. In the case of flux mantle melting in the presence of oxidized fluids (QFM + 1.7…2), sulfides contained in the mantle are completely exhausted and partitioned to the melt even at low degrees of partial melting (6–11%, Jugo [3]). During melt degassing, sulfur exsolves into the fluid, whereas potassium remains in the melt. Therefore, the decoupling of sulfur with stable potassium in the melt may occur due to the assimilation of crustal rocks containing abundant sulfates (e.g., hydrothermally altered rocks rich in gypsum, anhydrite, and pyrite).
The variation diagram for K2O vs. S (Figure 10) demonstrates that most island-arc melt inclusions have a maximum of 3000–4000 ppm S, which corresponds to a range of 0.8–1.2 wt.% K2O. With an increase in K2O, sulfur progressively decreases, and at ≥5 wt.% K2O, sulfur concentrations rarely exceed 1000 ppm. The exceptions are high-K rocks from the Mexican Volcanic Belt (MVB), where high concentrations of alkalis and volatiles are associated with local rifting superimposed atop the subduction zone [15,16]. The maximum sulfur concentrations in melt inclusions from the MVB approaches 2 wt.%. However, some of these inclusions can be classified as low-potassium (0.8–1.2 wt.% K2O) and contain normal sulfur contents.
Melt inclusions of the 1941 Tolbachik eruption (magnesian basalt) cluster within the ranges of 0.5–1.5 wt.% K2O and 1000–3800 ppm S. These may also expand and include high sulfur concentrations, up to ~1.2 wt.% (11,700 ppm S) at the same K2O. For comparison, data from the 2013 Tolbachik eruption (high-alumina basaltic trachyandesites) are also included. Inclusions from basaltic trachyandesites are depleted in sulfur and enriched in potassium relative to those from magnesian basalts and lie approximately in the center of the geochemical field for all island arc volcanoes (Figure 10).
Data of olivine melt inclusions from plagioclase picrites from Kamchatsky Mys Peninsula (Eastern Kamchatka) are also included in Figure 10 and have low sulfur and K2O but high S/K2O ratios, a characteristic feature of MORB-like melts [29]. These olivine-phyric rocks were found in serpentinite melange around the Mt. Soldatskaya peridotite massif and are interpreted as “the earliest expression of the interaction of the Hawaiian ‘plume’ and paleo-spreading center” [30]. Although MORB melts and the subduction-related Tolbachik magmas are fundamentally different in terms of trace element compositions, they have comparably high S/K2O ratios up to 1–1.5 (Figure 11). In other subduction-related melts, such high S/K2O ratios are extremely rare for K-poor MI. However, concentrations of other elements are so drastically different in MI from Kamchatsky Mys picrites [29] and Tolbachik [31,32] that it precludes the possibility of any similarity in their melt evolution.
Melt inclusions (~60 wt.% SiO2) in spinels from mantle xenoliths of the Avacha volcano, which were interpreted as entrapped slab melt [33], are also included in Figure 10 and Figure 11. Sulfur concentrations reach 6400 ppm (with K2O ~0.5 wt.%), which exceeds almost all island-arc inclusions, except for the MVB volcanoes. Although these sulfur concentrations are high, they are still 1.5–2 times lower than the highest recorded in the Tolbachik MI. Possible processes that may account for anomalously high S concentrations in primary magmas could be interaction with a S-rich slab melt (e.g., 6400 ppm S [33]) and S-rich mantle peridotite (up to 0.5–1% vol.% of base-metal sulfides in pyroxenites or highly metasomatized peridotites, which translates to 2200–5500 ppm S e.g., [34,35]), or when S-rich slab fluid interacts with a conventional depleted MORB-like peridotite mantle (~200 ppm S [32]). Both scenarios require further investigation for the Tolbachik magmas. However, Figure 11 demonstrates that both high-sulfur melts and melts with high S/K2O ratios are present in the subduction zone beneath Kamchatka.

4.2. Anhydrite in Basaltic Melts and Sulfur Saturation

The simultaneous presence of sulfide globules and anhydrite in MI from Tolbachik is intriguing and requires further clarification. Anhydrite rarely occurs in intermediate to felsic volcanic rocks, as well as in basic to felsic intrusive rocks [36,37,38,39], and has not been previously reported in basalts or melt inclusions from basalts. Sulfide (pyrrhotite) and anhydrite in natural systems can occur together (e.g., Table 1 in Parat et al. [38] and references therein) if melt fO2 is in the range where both S6+ and S2– may coexist [1,3,4,40]. Published XANES measurements of sulfur speciation in basaltic glasses define a narrow interval for the change from S6+/ΣS = 0.1 to S6+/ΣS = 0.9 at QFM + 1.05 ± 0.48 [40] (Figure 12). Such fO2 values correspond to the measured value for the Tolbachik melt (QFM +1.1…+1.37 [22]) according to the olivine-orthopyroxene-spinel oxygen geobarometer [41]. It is clear from Figure 12 that sufficiently high sulfur, even under moderately oxidizing conditions (~QFM +1.1…1.4), can lead to silicate-sulfide liquid immiscibility. The presence of anhydrite in MI from Tolbachik basalt indicates a high content of S6+ (~1–1.2 wt.%) in the silicate melt and accounts for the high total sulfur [40,42,43].
Strictly speaking, the simultaneous existence of sulfide globules and anhydrite is possible only at the point of intersection of the SCSS and SCAS curves. In Figure 12, this corresponds to fO2 = QFM + 1.5. At any other fO2 value, either sulfide globules or anhydrite should be present in the equilibrium melt. It is unlikely that this condition is so precisely satisfied for the Tolbachik melt. It is much more probable that anhydrite is a secondary phase and formed as a result of local oxidation of sulfide globules scattered in the melt. Large anhydrite spherules up to 20 μm in size (Figure 7A,B and Figure 8) could be of such origin and were captured in inclusions simultaneously with sulfides. Smaller anhydrite globules and crystals (Figure 7C,D) could form directly inside the inclusions during post-entrapment oxidation of the latter.
In the Tolbachik magmas, the relatively high redox potential of the silicate melt likely contributed to the retention of sulfur in the melt. The exsolution of sulfur into a fluid phase depends on the equilibrium partitioning between fluid and melt. The partition coefficient of sulfur between melt and aqueous fluid crucially depends on fO2 and has its minimum above NNO + 0.5 (~QFM + 1.2), e.g., [13]. Furthermore, the partition coefficient of sulfur between depolymerized basaltic melts and fluid can be very low, thus contributing to a high concentration of sulfur [44]. Even if anhydrite has already crystallized from the melt in the form of a separate phase, it will be retained in the melt due to the fact that anhydrite has a similar density to basaltic melt at moderate pressures (SG ~ 2.95–3.0 vs. 2.8–3.2 at 2.0 GPa, Bajgain et al. [45]) and, therefore, is not subject to gravitational differentiation, unlike sulfide melt (SG ~ 4.5–5.0). Maria, A.H. and Luhr, J.F. [15] also noted high fO2 values (several log units above the Ni-NiO redox buffer) for MVB alkaline rocks containing high sulfur.

4.3. Hypotheses for the Origin of High Sulfur in the Tolbachik Melt

Despite extensive research on igneous rocks, melt inclusions, and sulfides of the Tolbachik volcano [22,23,28,31,46,47,48], precise explanations or data on the origin of the high sulfur anomaly are not yet available. The presence of sulfides or anhydrite in MI does not reveal the origin of sulfur. A distinctive feature of high sulfur rocks of the 1941 Tolbachik eruption is the difference in sulfur concentrations between melt inclusions; only 2% contain S > 4000 ppm, and less than 0.6% contain sulfide globules.
Kamenetsky et al. [22] briefly discuss potential sources of high sulfur for the Tolbachik volcano. These include (#1) the assimilation of sulfur-rich crustal rocks; (#2) the contamination of the melt by volcanic or hydrothermally altered sulfur-rich rocks that may have previously formed around magma conduits, and (#3) the assimilation of a sulfide deposit, possibly magmatic or hydrothermal. All these hypotheses are either incompatible with the chemical and isotopic compositions of the Tolbachik volcanic rocks (hypothesis #1) or are speculative (hypotheses #2 and #3). For example, Gurenko, A.A. [23], and references therein, as well as several earlier works, e.g. [31,49,50], used chemical and radiogenic isotope data to show that no significant assimilation of isotopically contrasting crustal material of the Kamchatka subcontinental crust occurred for Tolbachik magmas. Furthermore, crustal assimilation is not supported by the sulfur isotopes in MI here which is consistently δ34S = +4.5 (e.g., Figure 4).
Another suggested source was secondary magma recharge with previously exsolved S-rich fluid during magma convection [22]. This is also speculative and would involve magma convecting in a chamber that is able to entrain S-rich fluid pockets previously accumulated in the upper part of the chamber, e.g., [51]. None of the suggested hypotheses adequately explain the S-rich MI observed from Tolbachik and their absence from other arc volcanoes with calc-alkaline rocks. Therefore, Kamenetsky et al. [11] concluded that these anomalous S concentrations and textures in MI may simply be a rare phenomenon that has not been recognized in volcanoes elsewhere. This may be the most plausible explanation and is also supported by data from MI measuring up to 10,800 ppm [22,28] in MI from the scoria of the 1941 Tolbachik eruption.
A fundamentally different origin for high sulfur in melt inclusions has been recently suggested by Venugopal et al. [19] which involves the formation of shrinkage bubbles. Melt inclusions have greater thermal expansion rates (2.5–3 times higher) than the host mineral (olivine) e.g., [52,53]. Upon the quenching of the inclusion, the volume of the rapidly cooling melt becomes less than the volume of the cavity in olivine, leading to the formation of a gas bubble. The pressure in such a bubble can be significantly lower than the external pressure (e.g., contraction pressure drop, [27,54,55], and references therein) and volatile components, primarily CO2, but also water and volatile sulfur compounds, can exsolve into the bubble. It was shown in Wallace et al. [55] and Venugopal et al. [19] that approximately 85% of CO2 and 84% of S, can be enclosed in such shrinkage bubbles. If we accept the point of view of Venugopal et al. [19], then we can assume that high sulfur concentrations in the majority of the previous MI studies were not measured simply because most of the sulfur in the inclusions fractionated into the shrinkage bubble, whereas at Tolbachik such fractionation was weakened. The presence of high-sulfur MI at Tolbachik can thus be explained by higher fO2 in the melt. This is supported by the presence of dark brown (e.g., oxidized) glass and anhydrite within the S-rich MI (e.g., Figure 5). In such an oxidized silicate melt, sulfur experiences only a little fractionation into a shrinkage bubble due to a lower partition coefficient between fluid and melt, characteristic of silicate melts with higher oxygen fugacity [13] (hypothesis # 6). Therefore, our study indicates that significant exsolution of sulfur to the shrinkage bubbles (e.g., 84% [19]) does not always occur.
A further explanation (hypothesis # 7) for the locally S-rich MI from Tolbachik is that a portion of the melt interacted with an anomalously oxidized slab fluid. This should have led to greater sulfide exhaustion from mantle peridotite and simultaneous enrichment of primary melt by Cu and PGE [3,56]. Indeed, the Tolbachik-1941 lavas are slightly enriched in Cu, Pd, and Pt (up to 234 ppm Cu, 7.8 ppb Pd, and 6.1 ppb Pt) relative to magnesian basalts, e.g., [57]. More importantly, the sulfide globules from Tolbachik [22,28] also contain concentrations of Pd and Pt among the highest ever measured in sulfide globules (up to 299 ppm Pd and 115 ppm Pt, Zelenski et al. [58]).

5. Conclusions

Anomalously high sulfur concentrations in the range of 4000–11700 ppm were measured in naturally quenched melt inclusions in olivine from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption, Kamchatka. Such concentrations are the highest ever recorded in MI from primitive arc basalts. These high values account for only 2% of the analyzed inclusions, whereas the majority of inclusions contain 2500 ± 1500 ppm. Sulfur correlates well with Cl in most of the S-poor inclusions and follows a degassing trend. Measured δ34S values are close to the global average for island-arc rocks and arc volcanic gases (δ34S = +4.5), but do not correlate with sulfur concentrations. Many S-rich melt inclusions contain magmatic sulfide globules and anhydrite enclosed within a brown, oxidized glass. The simultaneous presence of sulfide and anhydrite in MI indicates a narrow range of fO2 = QFM + 1.1 ± 0.5 for the Tolbachik melt, which is equal to fO2 previously determined for the same melt using a spinel-olivine-orthopyroxene oxybarometer.
The drastic difference in S concentrations and S/K2O ratios between the sulfur-rich and sulfur-poor (normal) populations of melt inclusions requires further investigation. Possible explanations include assimilation of crustal material or hydrothermally altered rocks, sulfide mineralization, or S-rich magmatic fluids. We speculate that some brown (oxidized) S-rich melt inclusions, which contain sulfide globules enriched in Cu, Pd, and Pt, are associated with complete exhaustion of mantle sulfides during the melt interaction with locally oxidized slab fluid. Alternatively, the systematic underestimation of S in all previously studied melt inclusions due to significant fractionation into shrinkage bubbles could also be considered.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/min12010037/s1, Figure S1: Satellite image (Google Earth) of the 1941 cone on Tolbachik, Kamchatka, and the sampling field; Figure S2: The 1941 scoria cone and the adjacent scoria field. Photo by M. Zelenski; Figure S3: Large melt inclusion in olivine that underwent slow cooling. The 1941 Tolbachik eruption, lava flow. The sizes of daughter crystals are 20-30% of the diameter of the entire inclu-sion. The inclusion contains clinopyroxene, amphibole, magnetite, acid glass and several vapor bubbles.; Figure S4: A cluster of normal (non-oxidized) melt inclusions with light brown glass and a sulfur content of about 3000 ppm S; Figure S5: An olivine crystal with a sulfide swarm and melt inclusions filled with dark brown glass. Four sulfide globules are exposed; more globules are enclosed in olivine. The 1941 Tolbachik eruption; Figure S6: An olivine crystal with a swarm of sulfide globules and melt inclusions filled with dark brown glass. One sulfide globule is exposed. Numerous inclusions of brown chromite are also present. The 1941 Tolbachik eruption. Table S1: Bulk composition of scoria from the 1941 eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka; Table S2: Compositions of silicate melt inclusions in olivine, and basaltic glass, the 1941 eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, M.Z., V.S.K., and N.N.; methodology, M.Z.; investigation, M.Z., V.S.K., and N.N.; resources, M.Z., and V.S.K.; writing—original draft preparation, M.Z., V.S.K., and N.N.; writing—review and editing, M.Z., V.S.K., N.N. and A.K.-C.; project administration, M.Z. and V.S.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by RUSSIAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION, grant number 21-17-00122.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Acknowledgments

We thank A. Gurenko for measurements of volatile content and sulfur isotopic composition in melt inclusions performed on SIMS, N. Nekrasov for his support in EDS measurements, and N. Kononkova for the EMPA studies. We are grateful for three reviewers, whose comments helped us to improve the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Back-scattered electron (A) and transmitted light (B–D) images of Tolbachik high-Mg basalts and melt inclusions. (A) The texture of the 1941 Tolbachik basalt, comprising large, normally zoned olivine phenocrysts (center) surrounded by a porous groundmass. (B) Large, 150-µm sized glassy melt inclusion with a shrinkage bubble partially filled with H2O-rich fluid. (C) Olivine crystal with several glassy and crystallized melt inclusions, containing high sulfur: 1–0.91 wt.% S, the inclusion is opaque and contains fine crystallites of clinopyroxene and anhydrite; 2 and 3—glassy (translucent) melt inclusions with 0.51–0.61 wt.% S. See Figure 5 for more detail; the different appearance of MI in a single olivine crystal is explained below. (D) A swarm of sulfide inclusions in an olivine crystal. In addition to sulfides, the crystal contains glassy melt inclusions, but without sulfide globules. One of the sulfide globules is exposed on the polished surface.
Figure 1. Back-scattered electron (A) and transmitted light (B–D) images of Tolbachik high-Mg basalts and melt inclusions. (A) The texture of the 1941 Tolbachik basalt, comprising large, normally zoned olivine phenocrysts (center) surrounded by a porous groundmass. (B) Large, 150-µm sized glassy melt inclusion with a shrinkage bubble partially filled with H2O-rich fluid. (C) Olivine crystal with several glassy and crystallized melt inclusions, containing high sulfur: 1–0.91 wt.% S, the inclusion is opaque and contains fine crystallites of clinopyroxene and anhydrite; 2 and 3—glassy (translucent) melt inclusions with 0.51–0.61 wt.% S. See Figure 5 for more detail; the different appearance of MI in a single olivine crystal is explained below. (D) A swarm of sulfide inclusions in an olivine crystal. In addition to sulfides, the crystal contains glassy melt inclusions, but without sulfide globules. One of the sulfide globules is exposed on the polished surface.
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Figure 2. Variation diagram for Cl vs. S for naturally quenched melt inclusions from the 1941 and 2012–13 Tolbachik eruptions and groundmass glass for comparison. About 90% of inclusions fall on the degassing trend. The minimum sulfur concentration in quenched glasses is 50–60 ppm with chlorine equal to 300–500 ppm. The maximum sulfur concentrations in common non-degassed MI from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption reach 3200–3600 ppm S with chlorine of up to 1500 ppm. Melt inclusions in olivine from the 2013 Tolbachik eruption are shown for comparison. The 2013 inclusions represent high-alumina basalts (Supplementary Table S2) and form a similar degassing trend, but with systematically lower sulfur and chlorine concentrations. Modified from [28]; new data added.
Figure 2. Variation diagram for Cl vs. S for naturally quenched melt inclusions from the 1941 and 2012–13 Tolbachik eruptions and groundmass glass for comparison. About 90% of inclusions fall on the degassing trend. The minimum sulfur concentration in quenched glasses is 50–60 ppm with chlorine equal to 300–500 ppm. The maximum sulfur concentrations in common non-degassed MI from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption reach 3200–3600 ppm S with chlorine of up to 1500 ppm. Melt inclusions in olivine from the 2013 Tolbachik eruption are shown for comparison. The 2013 inclusions represent high-alumina basalts (Supplementary Table S2) and form a similar degassing trend, but with systematically lower sulfur and chlorine concentrations. Modified from [28]; new data added.
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Figure 3. Histogram displaying the distribution of sulfur concentrations in MI from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption; data is the same as for the diagram shown in Figure 2.
Figure 3. Histogram displaying the distribution of sulfur concentrations in MI from the 1941 Tolbachik eruption; data is the same as for the diagram shown in Figure 2.
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Figure 4. Variation diagram δ34S vs. S content, ppm. Zero correlation is visible for the concentration range of sulfur spanning orders of magnitude.
Figure 4. Variation diagram δ34S vs. S content, ppm. Zero correlation is visible for the concentration range of sulfur spanning orders of magnitude.
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Figure 5. Transmitted light (A) and back-scattered electron (B) images of two melt inclusions within the olivine crystal are shown in Figure 1C which have different degrees of crystallization despite the same quenching rate. A: Inclusion #1 with higher sulfur (9100 ppm) contains a trapped globule of Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide; the adjacent inclusion #2 with a lower sulfur concentration (6100 ppm) is represented by the brown translucent glass and does not contain visible crystals. B: Melt in inclusion #1 occurred within the fine-crystalline, porous aggregate consisting of clinopyroxene, anhydrite, and acid glass.
Figure 5. Transmitted light (A) and back-scattered electron (B) images of two melt inclusions within the olivine crystal are shown in Figure 1C which have different degrees of crystallization despite the same quenching rate. A: Inclusion #1 with higher sulfur (9100 ppm) contains a trapped globule of Fe-Ni-Cu sulfide; the adjacent inclusion #2 with a lower sulfur concentration (6100 ppm) is represented by the brown translucent glass and does not contain visible crystals. B: Melt in inclusion #1 occurred within the fine-crystalline, porous aggregate consisting of clinopyroxene, anhydrite, and acid glass.
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Figure 6. Transmitted light (A) and back-scattered electron (B) images of an adjacent MI in olivine, with and without sulfide globules. Inclusion #2 contains a large Fe-Ni sulfide globule, whereas inclusion #1 only contains a contraction bubble. Both inclusions are represented by transparent glass. Notably, sulfur concentrations in the sulfide-free inclusion #1 reach 8700 ppm, which is higher than those from the sulfide-hosting inclusion #2 (7800 ppm).
Figure 6. Transmitted light (A) and back-scattered electron (B) images of an adjacent MI in olivine, with and without sulfide globules. Inclusion #2 contains a large Fe-Ni sulfide globule, whereas inclusion #1 only contains a contraction bubble. Both inclusions are represented by transparent glass. Notably, sulfur concentrations in the sulfide-free inclusion #1 reach 8700 ppm, which is higher than those from the sulfide-hosting inclusion #2 (7800 ppm).
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Figure 7. Back-scattered electron images outlining the morphology of anhydrite inclusions in MI. (A) Two spherical globules of anhydrite (~20 μm) enclosed in S-rich glass (~1.07 wt.% S). Dendritic crystals of clinopyroxene are also present. (B) Deformed anhydrite globule located within a pocket of glass between a sulfide globule and spinel crystal. (C) Small globules of anhydrite, presumably precipitated from the cooling silicate melt, are rich in sulfur (~9000 ppm). (D) Anhydrite crystals in residual acid glass (64 wt.% SiO2) in association with clinopyroxene; glass adjacent to anhydrite crystals is depleted in sulfur and contains no more than 1000 ppm. Anhydrite crystals are highlighted in yellow for clarity. Anh—anhydrite, px—clinopyroxene, sf—sulfide, sp—spinel, ol—olivine, and gl—glass. A, modified from [22].
Figure 7. Back-scattered electron images outlining the morphology of anhydrite inclusions in MI. (A) Two spherical globules of anhydrite (~20 μm) enclosed in S-rich glass (~1.07 wt.% S). Dendritic crystals of clinopyroxene are also present. (B) Deformed anhydrite globule located within a pocket of glass between a sulfide globule and spinel crystal. (C) Small globules of anhydrite, presumably precipitated from the cooling silicate melt, are rich in sulfur (~9000 ppm). (D) Anhydrite crystals in residual acid glass (64 wt.% SiO2) in association with clinopyroxene; glass adjacent to anhydrite crystals is depleted in sulfur and contains no more than 1000 ppm. Anhydrite crystals are highlighted in yellow for clarity. Anh—anhydrite, px—clinopyroxene, sf—sulfide, sp—spinel, ol—olivine, and gl—glass. A, modified from [22].
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Figure 8. The element map (EDS) of the anhydrite globule is shown in Figure 7B. Anhydrite contains no other cations except calcium. Abbreviations are the same as in Figure 7.
Figure 8. The element map (EDS) of the anhydrite globule is shown in Figure 7B. Anhydrite contains no other cations except calcium. Abbreviations are the same as in Figure 7.
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Figure 9. Histogram showing the statistical distribution of sulfur concentrations in melt inclusions from island-arc volcanoes worldwide (without new data on Tolbachik). There is an exponential increase in low S concentrations, aside from alkaline rocks of the Western Mexican Volcanic Belt [15].
Figure 9. Histogram showing the statistical distribution of sulfur concentrations in melt inclusions from island-arc volcanoes worldwide (without new data on Tolbachik). There is an exponential increase in low S concentrations, aside from alkaline rocks of the Western Mexican Volcanic Belt [15].
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Figure 10. Variation diagram for K2O (wt.%) vs. S (ppm) for MI from arc volcanoes here and worldwide (sourced from the GEOROC database).
Figure 10. Variation diagram for K2O (wt.%) vs. S (ppm) for MI from arc volcanoes here and worldwide (sourced from the GEOROC database).
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Figure 11. Variation diagram for K2O (wt.%) vs. S/K2O for MI from arc volcanoes here and worldwide (sourced from the GEOROC database).
Figure 11. Variation diagram for K2O (wt.%) vs. S/K2O for MI from arc volcanoes here and worldwide (sourced from the GEOROC database).
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Figure 12. Saturation concentrations of sulfur in silicate melt over sulfide and anhydrite, depending on oxygen fugacity. The section of the sulfide saturation curve (SCSS, sulfur content at sulfide saturation) corresponds to fO2 < QFM + 1.5. For more oxidized melts, the maximum sulfur concentration (SCAS, sulfur content at anhydrite saturation) is determined by the crystallization of magmatic anhydrite from the melt. The maximum possible sulfur concentration in the melt corresponds to the value fO2 = QFM + 1.5. At this value, the SCSS and SCAS curves intersect. The fO2 and sulfur contents for Tolbachik melt inclusions (high-S MI and low-S MI) are shown by hatching. Thesulfur speciation curve S6+/ΣS vs. fO2 is also shown. Modified from [40].
Figure 12. Saturation concentrations of sulfur in silicate melt over sulfide and anhydrite, depending on oxygen fugacity. The section of the sulfide saturation curve (SCSS, sulfur content at sulfide saturation) corresponds to fO2 < QFM + 1.5. For more oxidized melts, the maximum sulfur concentration (SCAS, sulfur content at anhydrite saturation) is determined by the crystallization of magmatic anhydrite from the melt. The maximum possible sulfur concentration in the melt corresponds to the value fO2 = QFM + 1.5. At this value, the SCSS and SCAS curves intersect. The fO2 and sulfur contents for Tolbachik melt inclusions (high-S MI and low-S MI) are shown by hatching. Thesulfur speciation curve S6+/ΣS vs. fO2 is also shown. Modified from [40].
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Table
Table 1. Chemical composition of olivine-hosted melt inclusions, wt.%.
Table 1. Chemical composition of olivine-hosted melt inclusions, wt.%.
SampleSiO2 wt.%TiO2 wt.%Al2O3 wt.%MgO wt.%CaO wt.%FeO wt.%MnO wt.%Na2O wt.%K2O wt.%P2O5 wt.%Total oxidesH2O wt.%CO2 ppmF, ppmS, ppmCl, ppmδ34S, ‰Total wt.%
M-2-147.241.4912.536.7712.5211.080.291.600.190.2693.973.59<dl81310523227n/m98.71
M-3-147.161.3211.947.3811.639.200.382.590.860.3592.814.532212429103229456.598.73
M-3-246.931.3511.927.5212.339.370.182.350.870.2093.034.461836429982913685.898.83
M-4-148.251.4416.312.4614.407.000.133.330.850.2294.392.85<dl805974215912.998.45
M-6-147.230.9412.898.0411.948.520.112.600.710.6393.624.192394493942713763.599.17
M-6-250.701.3016.375.4511.058.480.083.691.350.0598.501.001284495457513.499.70
M-7-149.120.9413.686.2212.268.080.233.190.930.1394.772.49<dl87058261294n/m98.06
M-8-145.471.6814.048.3611.508.960.293.210.820.4694.783.87<dl60248649075.299.29
M-8-245.021.9514.317.9911.809.34<dl2.820.950.2294.414.185307472353813055.799.66
M-9-147.721.2214.917.3511.627.560.173.661.250.2295.683.165961580283711853.699.90
M-9-247.121.0314.128.0311.997.980.113.090.680.1594.314.162769497366114544.299.30
M-10-153.400.5010.318.7313.247.630.141.090.210.1595.403.5979940632142714.599.46
M-12-148.491.0513.288.4911.098.090.092.830.570.2094.174.652376510313113764.999.56
M-12-249.310.7213.218.7211.028.100.103.140.750.3995.463.922288470308412936100.09
M-13-148.391.1713.876.3312.447.700.043.060.970.1194.084.652663482318613674.999.50
M-13-245.761.2115.857.2613.316.810.173.330.990.1194.813.89236554233221423n/m99.46
M-14-141.572.5913.938.2212.409.860.242.590.900.8493.135.43386560036561130499.48
N-1-145.691.0213.998.7610.239.16n/m2.900.670.2192.634.762702488641212257.398.47
N-2-149.830.9713.875.7912.036.22n/m2.730.770.3592.555.283673596870715254.899.27
N-2-246.721.4712.947.1411.449.71n/m2.070.310.3192.124.55<dl52175021447597.62
N-3-150.720.9614.245.7212.426.85n/m2.810.800.5395.053.261135513975614783.599.60
N-4-147.450.7912.928.3111.848.55n/m2.160.680.2492.934.472663515790612703.698.64
N-4-247.061.1114.416.6912.427.30n/m3.140.880.5093.514.372223521304013563.198.60
N-4-348.171.2614.055.6613.447.81n/m2.480.800.1793.843.582065584411614524.998.24
N-5-146.141.5815.338.119.849.81n/m2.890.540.2994.535.002022537424215205.1100.36
N-5-245.800.9614.568.839.499.11n/m2.090.600.4191.854.993348568500612614.497.85
N-6-148.381.2815.627.579.849.17n/m3.380.950.0096.182.8538104701990877599.74
N-8-152.260.6413.437.3611.687.05n/m1.740.610.5795.352.71<dl69411,6759635.199.39
N-9-147.630.7714.856.4912.118.17n/m2.330.640.0993.084.032774566323013835.697.90
N-9-246.701.1217.104.4813.937.09n/m2.780.780.1994.173.892166567348813764.498.82
N-10-147.950.9913.927.1911.498.08n/m3.120.860.2593.853.545647584300610784.798.43
N-11-148.140.6513.158.7411.577.74n/m2.730.720.1993.633.131451542232610263.497.29
N-12-147.180.8913.948.0011.277.46n/m2.950.940.5693.183.963406501295212295.997.96
N-12-145.630.9113.878.8911.937.81n/m1.920.720.6392.324.082805503295512496.597.15
N-13-146.661.7713.338.0012.217.99n/m1.850.810.5293.144.41200060492518431.698.83
N-14-147.390.9713.967.6314.166.63n/m2.660.820.4494.683.562544541299813295.798.98
N-15-147.070.6513.478.7611.347.74n/m2.790.410.0092.234.333211464298511825.697.35
N-16-146.740.8316.084.4314.367.75n/m2.350.470.3093.303.847592409204410973.498.26
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