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Fraccionamiento de oligoelementos en el manto de Hadeo generado por la segregación de la fusión de un océano de magma
Guillaume Caro1, Bernard Bourdon, Bernard J Wood
1Laboratoire de Géochimie et Cosmochimie IPGP-CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05, France. caro@ipgp.jussieu.fr
Nature
|July 15, 2005
Resumen
Tierra temprana de la Tierra temprana.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Ciencias planetarias Ciencias planetarias.
- Historia de la Tierra Temprana Historia de la Tierra Temprana
Sus antecedentes:
- La Tierra primitiva estaba extensamente fundida debido a procesos de acreción.
- La diferenciación del manto se produjo cerca del final de la acreción de la Tierra (hace 4,46 ± 0,11 años).
- Esta diferenciación dio como resultado un manto empobrecido con una elevada relación Sm/Nd.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar los procesos detrás de las firmas geoquímicas de la Tierra primitiva.
- Para conciliar los datos isotópicos Nd y Hf en conflicto de las rocas del Arqueo temprano.
- Comprender la formación de la protocorteza terrestre más antigua.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de rocas antiguas de 3.6-3.8 Gyr del oeste de Groenlandia.
- Aplicación de la cronometría de samario-neodimio (Sm-Nd) y lutecio-hafnio (Lu-Hf).
- Se utilizaron datos de partición de mineral fundido para minerales del manto de alta presión.
Principales resultados:
- Las firmas isotópicas de Nd observadas sugieren un agotamiento del manto, pero las firmas de Hf indican una fuente condrítica.
- Esto contrasta con los procesos típicos de formación de la corteza donde Sm-Nd y Lu-Hf se fraccionan covariantemente.
- Los datos de partición de mineral fundido a alta presión explican las firmas Nd y Hf observadas.
Conclusiones:
- Las firmas geoquímicas observadas son consistentes con la segregación de fusión de un océano de magma en cristalización.
- Este proceso ocurrió a presiones del manto superior temprano en la historia de la Tierra.
- El derretimiento residual probablemente formó la protocorteza terrestre más antigua.
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