%0 Journal article %A Li, Xinyang %A Speziale, Sergio %A Koch‐Müller, Monika %A Husband, Rachel Jane %A Liermann, Hanns‐Peter %T Phase Stability of Al‐Bearing Dense Hydrous Magnesium Silicates at Topmost Lower Mantle Conditions: Implication for Water Transport in the Mantle %R 10.1029/2022GL098353 %J Geophysical Research Letters %V 49 %N 16 %I %X In this study, we investigated the phase stability of Al‐free and Al‐bearing superhydrous phase B (shy‐B) up to 55 GPa and 2500 K. In comparison with Al‐free shy‐B, the incorporation of 11.7 wt.% Al2O3 in shy‐B expands the stability by ∼400–800 K at 20–30 GPa. The determined dehydration boundary for Al‐bearing phase D indicates that it could be present even at normal mantle geotherm conditions at 30–40 GPa. Up to 23.8 mol.% Al2O3 can be dissolved into the structures of akimotoite and bridgmanite as a result of the decomposition reactions of Al‐bearing shy‐B and phase D between 20 and 40 GPa. Results of further experiments indicate that δ‐AlOOH is the stable hydrous phase coexisting with Al‐depleted bridgmanite at pressures above 52 GPa. This study shows that the incorporation of Al in dense hydrous magnesium silicates can have a profound impact on our picture of the water cycle in the deep Earth. %U http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/10402 %~ FID GEO-LEO e-docs