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Movilización subaerial de uranio oxidativo en la culminación del Gran Evento de Oxidación
Ann M Bauer1, Weiqiang Li1,2,3, Kyle S Rybacki4,5
1Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
Resumen
La Tierra temprana
Área de la Ciencia:
- Geoquímica
- Geocronología de isótopos
- La historia temprana de la Tierra
Sus antecedentes:
- Los elementos sensibles al redox son clave para comprender la evolución del estado redox de la superficie de la Tierra.
- El Gran Evento de Oxidación del Paleoproterozoico marcó un aumento significativo en el oxígeno atmosférico.
- Las historias tectonotérmicas de múltiples etapas en las rocas precámbricas complican las interpretaciones geoquímicas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para restringir la edad y la extensión de la oxidación del uranio (U) en la formación volcánica de Kuetsjärvi de ~ 2,06 Ga.
- Investigar el vínculo entre la oxidación superficial y los procesos profundos de la Tierra utilizando isótopos de U-Th-Pb.
- Para diferenciar la oxidación temprana de U de la alteración metamórfica posterior de U y Pb.
Principales métodos:
- Geocronología del isótopo U-Th-Pb aplicada a la Formación Volcánica de Kuetsjärvi.
- Análisis de los isótopos de Pb para contrastar la movilidad relativa del U y del Torio (Th).
- Utilizando varios sistemas geocronológicos (207Pb-206Pb, 238U-206Pb, 235U-207Pb, 232Th-208Pb).
Principales resultados:
- La oxidación completa o casi completa y la eliminación de U ocurrieron poco después de la erupción de ~ 2,06 Ga.
- Esta pérdida de U sugiere altos niveles de oxígeno atmosférico, conduciendo al desgaste oxidativo y un pulso global de U a los océanos.
- Los cambios observados en los depósitos del manto alrededor de 2 Ga, incluida la disminución de 232Th / 238U y el inicio de la fuente HIMU, están relacionados con este pulso U.
Conclusiones:
- La pérdida oxidativa de U alrededor de 2,06 Ga puede distinguirse geocronológicamente de eventos posteriores de alteración de U y Pb.
- El estudio destaca el comportamiento complejo de los elementos sensibles al redox en rocas con historias geológicas en múltiples etapas.
- Las abundancias elementales por sí solas son proxies insuficientes para las condiciones redox en registros rocosos tan complejos.
Palabras clave:
El Gran Evento de OxidaciónEl HIMUEl PaleoproterozoicoIsótopos de PbU-Th-Pb geocronologíaMás Videos Relacionados
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