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アゾール諸島のリサイクルされたアルカイア海のマントル・リトスフィアの証拠
Bruce F Schaefer1, Simon Turner, Ian Parkinson
1Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.
Nature
|November 26, 2002
まとめ
アゾール諸島の玄武岩からのオスミウム同位体データは,枯渇したハルツブルギトマントルの源を明らかにし,アルカイア海の海洋性石層の深層マントルのリサイクルを示唆しています. この発見は,マントルのコンベクションモデルと羽根の異質性を制約する.
科学分野:
- 地質化学 地質化学
- イソトープ地球化学 イソトープ地球化学
- マントル・ペトロロジー マントル・ペトロロジー
背景:
- マントルのコンベクションと羽根のダイナミクスは,玄武岩の組成に影響を与えます.
- 玄武岩化学の空間的変動は,マントルの異質性を反映している可能性があります.
- オーシャン・アイランド・ベサルト (OIBs) とミドル・オーシャン・リッジ・ベサルト (MORBs) は,構成上明確な違いを示している.
研究 の 目的:
- オスミウムの同位体データを用いて,マントルの羽根の異質性の起源を調査する.
- アゾレスマントルの羽根の構成と起源を制限する.
- マントルのコンベクションと地球深層のプロセスへの影響を調査します.
主な方法:
- アゾール諸島群島の溶岩におけるオスミウム (Os) の同位体比 (187Os/188Os) の分析.
- Osイソトープデータを,既知のOIBおよびMORB組成と比較した.
- レーニウム枯渇 (Re-dep) モデルの年齢計算.
主要な成果:
- アゾレス・ラバは,推定される羽根に横断して対称的なオスミウム同位体組成パターンを表しています.
- 多くの中央プラーム・ラバは,典型的なOIBよりも低い187Os/188Os比を示し,一部は亜コンドリート値にまで及ぶ.
- 低い187Os/188Os比は,枯渇したハーツブルギットマントルの源泉から派生したことを示している.
- リデップモデルの年齢は25億年 (Gyr) に達する.
結論:
- オスミウムの同位体シグネチャーは,イベリア亜大陸の石層マントルから発生する可能性は低い.
- データは,アゾール諸島の羽根のシグネチャーの深いマントルの起源を示唆しています.
- この発見は,アルカイア期におけるアルカイア期海洋マントルの石層の分層化と再利用を裏付けている.
- 深層マントルの沈殿と石層の貯蔵の証拠を提供します.
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